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Article: United States and North Korea criticize each other
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- July 31, 2003
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Dateline: SEOUL, South Korea
North Korea and the United States traded harsh criticism on Thursday,
with a U.S. official describing the communist nation as a "hellish
nightmare" and the North accusing Washington of "all sorts of lies
and plots."
The accusations came amid uncertainty over prospects for a new round
of talks on North Korea's suspected development of nuclear weapons,
despite South Korean claims that the process was moving forward.
In Seoul, U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton said North Korea
had not agreed to a U.S. proposal for multilateral talks, and was
instead sticking to a demand for bilateral talks with Washington like
a ...