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South Korea Renews Offer of Talks, Aid with North

   VOA News  March 01, 2011
   South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (file photo)

Photo: YONHAP NEWS

   South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (file photo)

   South  Korea's  president is renewing his offer of dialogue with North
   Korea  and  proposing  financial aid if Pyongyang gives up its nuclear
   weapons and missile programs.
   But  in a speech Tuesday to honor South Korea's independence struggle,
   President  Lee  Myung-bak  also  said  that  North  Korea  must  "take
   responsible measures" concerning armed attacks on the South last year.
   The  last  effort at bilateral negotiations fell apart last month when
   South  Korea  insisted  that  the  North  admit it sank a South Korean
   warship  in  March of last year, and apologize for an artillery attack