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N. Korean envoy: No progress at nuke talks
(AP)
Updated: 2005-08-02 20:40

"We'll stay here as long as we feel we're making progress," Hill said late Monday. "If we're not making progress, we're not going to stay."

Despite delegates' pessimistic tone, analysts cautioned it was too soon to talk about deadlock.

"North Korea has a tendency to use brinkmanship in the last stage to get maximum concessions," said Ko Yu-hwan, professor of North Korean studies at South Korea's Dongguk University. "The pessimistic atmosphere or last-minute struggle can, in a way, be seen as a sign that we are close to getting results from the talks."

In February, the North claimed it had nuclear weapons and has since has claimed it has taken steps that would allow it to harvest more plutonium for possible use in bombs. Many experts believe the North already has enough weapons-grade material for about a half-dozen atomic weapons.


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