North Korea in 'reconciliation' call to the South

SEOUL: -- North Korea has sent an open letter to the South calling for reconciliation and an end to "hostile military acts".

The letter, published in North Korea's state media, comes weeks before South Korea is due to hold joint military drills with the US.

Seoul dismissed an earlier overture as a "deceptive" propaganda exercise.

Correspondents say that tensions on the Korean peninsula traditionally rise ahead of the annual drills, which Pyongyang has condemned as provocative. [read more...]

Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25873269#TWEET1022261

-- BBC 2014-01-24

I would be very suspicious of this. It may be a ploy

They (NK) must be desperately in need of something... again.

Whatever it is they need the West (South) should not provide.

Any hardware NK accumulated at the expense of their people means nothing without the military personnel.

The day they will run out of money to pay for army privileges will be the day NK collapses.

It's all about the upcoming annual joint military exercises between S. Korea and USA.

It's a trick!

(That's for the benefit of anyone waking up today from their cryogenic deep freeze, and hasn't read the news in a few decades. I'm looking out for you, Ted Williams!)

The Rodman diplomacy worked.

1st Syria supposedly gives up its poison gas program (Engineered by Russia's Putin)...then Iran suddenly decides it is ready to show the world it is only using its nuclear program for peaceful energy projects (Russian intervention again)...now N. Korea want to begin peace talks with S. Korea...this coming from a country that is apparently run by a ruthless killer despot...(Russian intervention again anyone?)...

Putin is taking advantage of the lack of world and particularly US leadership...to gain position for these rogue countries over their enemies...this is theatrics...will not improve conditions...and will end up being harmful to world peace in the end...

All three of these countries want something...and will give up nothing...talk is cheap...

1st Syria supposedly gives up its poison gas program (Engineered by Russia's Putin)...then Iran suddenly decides it is ready to show the world it is only using its nuclear program for peaceful energy projects (Russian intervention again)...now N. Korea want to begin peace talks with S. Korea...this coming from a country that is apparently run by a ruthless killer despot...(Russian intervention again anyone?)...

Putin is taking advantage of the lack of world and particularly US leadership...to gain position for these rogue countries over their enemies...this is theatrics...will not improve conditions...and will end up being harmful to world peace in the end...

All three of these countries want something...and will give up nothing...talk is cheap...

oh, those Russians...

The Rodman diplomacy worked.

Conversation; Kim, hey rodman you want to be my envoy at peace talks ?

Rodman, sure , whats a envoy ?

Best to just ignore them.

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I would be very suspicious of this. It may be a ploy

For sure a ploy! What would you expect from those North Koreans thugs

Did they fax the letter?

Did they fax the letter?

Tied it to a rock and tossed it over the DMZ with a catapult. (I can't spell trebuchet)

or maybe: