April 15, 2017

"The United States should not insist on any preconditions for direct talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and China's 'suspension for suspension' proposal could serve as the basis for further negotiation, a U.S. expert said in a recent interview with Xinhua.

Joel Wit, senior fellow at the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, said the recent increased tensions at the Korean Peninsula seemed puzzling.

Tensions on the Korean peninsula are rising as the DPRK on Friday warned of 'toughest counteraction' in response to what it called 'reckless miliary provocation' after the United States sent USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group to waters near the Korean Peninsula in what it called a "reaction to provocations" by the DPRK with recent missile tests."

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