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Talks commence on North Korean nuclear program

NEGOTIATIONS The US assured Pyongyang that it would not invade, and North Korea insisted that all of the Korean Peninsula be free of nuclear weapons

AP , BEIJING

However, he conceded North Korea would likely make a counterproposal to Seoul's offer -- which experts point out would effectively place control of the North's power supply in its capitalist rival's hands.

North Korea has demanded aid and security guarantees from Washington in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons. The US says it won't offer concessions until North Korea's nuclear weapons program is verifiably dismantled.

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