Inter-Korean Talks Break Down With ‘Pushing and Shoving’
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Talks between the two Koreas aimed at reopening the jointly-operated Gaeseong factory park broke down yesterday, with negotiators from both sides “pushing and shoving” and no agreement for dialogue to resume.
The scuffle broke out when North Korea’s chief negotiator Pak Chol Su and about 20 officials entered a room of South Korean journalists to explain their position, according to a pool report distributed yesterday by the South’s Unification Ministry. “There was some pushing and shoving” after about 10 South Korean officials tried to break up the briefing, according to the report.