South Korea says North ‘insincere’ over talks

SOUTH Korea’s President Lee Myung-Bak yesterday dismissed North Korea’s offers of dialogue as insincere and said the communist state must apologise for two deadly border incidents last year.

“They (North Korea) need to express their apology for what they have done,” Lee told a news conference. “After that, we can move on to the next step.

“But if they threaten, attack and kill and after a period of time, say ‘We should meet and talk’, I think it is not sincere.”