6-way talks deadlocked but negotiations to continue

BEIJING, China - Japanese chief delegate Kenichiro Sasae responds to questions from reporters on the six-party talks at a Beijing hotel on Sept. 15. The talks on North Korea's nuclear programs were deadlocked, with the United States and North Korea unable to narrow differences over Pyongyang's demand for a new light-water nuclear reactor in exchange for abandoning its nuclear programs.

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