No need for more meetings with South
North Korea said yesterday there was no need for further dialogue with "traitors" in South Korea, a day after the collapse of military talks aimed at easing months of high tensions.
The two-day talks were the first since the North's shelling of a South Korean island on November 23, which killed four people including two civilians and briefly raised fears of all-out war.
Pyongyang's delegation, in a statement carried by the official news agency, blamed a plot by the South Korean "group of traitors" including the defence and unification ministries for the collapse of the talks.
"The army and people of (North Korea) do not feel any need to deal with the group of traitors any longer, now that they do not wish to see North-South relations improved but totally reject dialogue itself," it said.
Despite the tough language, analysts said both sides have reasons to return to talks.
"We are still keeping the door open (to dialogue). We will wait and see," said the South's Unification Minister Hyun In-Taek.
But it was unclear how North and South could reconcile their positions.
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