Upcoming talks between North Korea, South Korea already in jeopardy

Upcoming talks between North Korea, South Korea already in jeopardy
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Just a week after agreeing to renewed, high-level talks with South Korea later this fall, North Korea backtracked on that plan, saying the meetings were "all but scrapped," The New York Times reports.

Anti-Pyongyang activists sent balloons filled with leaflets decrying North Korea's government across the border on Friday, prompting troops on the Northern side to open machine-gun fire on South Korean troops, who responded in kind.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.