SEOUL (Reuters) - Planned high-level talks between South and North Korean after nearly six-years hiatus were scrapped on Tuesday, a South Korean government official said, exposing rifts over the diplomatic ranks of their chief delegates.
North Korea's earlier offer for talks came as a surprising change after weeks of bombastic threats to obliterate the South and launch a nuclear strike against the United States.
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