'N. Korea's message mixed'
China said yesterday that all six countries meeting in Beijing to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis had agreed to work toward a nuclear-free Korean peninsula but officials in Washington said Pyongyang had also spoken of testing nuclear...
China said yesterday that all six countries meeting in Beijing to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis had agreed to work toward a nuclear-free Korean peninsula but officials in Washington said Pyongyang had also spoken of testing nuclear weapons.
"They certainly are talking about it," one US official told Reuters, referring to North Korean comments about demonstrating nuclear capability, apparently by testing. But officials in Washington said the North also "used words like dismantlement" during the first two days of meetings.
"This is characteristic of the North Koreans. They are all over the place ... It's a calculated game of confusing the adversary and giving them mixed messages," one official said.