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DPRK calls off talks with ROK
SEOUL. Aug 12: North Korea Mid today II was postponing indefinitely sports talks scheduled with South Korea until Seoul repatriates a northern athlete who defected to the South government officials said, reports Reuter.
The Seoul official said the North Korean Olympic committee notified its southern
counterpart by telephone.
Both sides were scheduled to meet on August 17 to discus* sending a Joint learn lo the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
The 24-ycar-old Judoka, Ixe Chang-Soo. arrived tn Seoul on August 4 after seeking asylum at a South Korean diplomatic mission in Europe. Lee had competed tn the world Judo championships in Spain
"You tempted our athlete and you claimed he defected to South Korea. " North Korean Olympic committee chairman Kim Yoo-Soon said In his message. according to Seoul officials.
"So we regard your impure attitude as a severe insult to the sports talks. "Kim said.
"If you really intend lo con Unue the talks you should ac knowledge your mistake and send him back to North Korea where hts family and comrades are wailing. "Kim said '
"Until you follow these proper procedure*, we will postpone the sports talks, he -K two Koreas last met for •ports talks in February when they agreed for the first time to send united teams to inter national sporting events — tablc tennis championships In Japan in April and a soccer
tournament tn Portugal In June. . , „ ,
North Korea broke off further talks tn March in prolesl against the annual US-South Korea "team spirit" military exercises, although the Joint teams, the first under u unified Korean flag, were fielded.
The fourth round of talks between the two countries' prime minister, also postponed by Pyongyang in protest against the team spirit manoeuvres. are scheduled tn the northern capital from August 27 lo 30. There was no men Uon of this session In today's
Bot^ Koreas arc still technically at war from the 1950 53 Korean conflict. Contacts have increased tn the past year, however, as has indirect bilateral trade.
The two Koreas celebrate independence day on Thursday, observing the end In 1945 of 45 years of Japanese colonial rule, an emotional pc rtod marked by demonstrations for the reunification of the peninsula.