South Korea Seeks to Avert N. Korea-U.S. Showdown
South Korea holds talks with North Korea's chief ally China in hopes of defusing a showdown between Washington and Pyongyang. Washington refuses to negotiate directly with North Korea over its plans to resume its nuclear weapons program. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.
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