PHNOM PENH: The United States led pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear drive and Myanmar to embrace democratic reforms during high-level talks at Asia-Pacific's top security forum yesterday.
While China cautioned that Pyongyang's “security” concerns cannot be brushed off lightly, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Washington would not compromise on its demand for multilateral talks to break the impasse.
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