Upcoming talks between North Korea, South Korea already in jeopardy
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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