S. Korean President Leaves For Summits Aimed At Better Ties With US, Japan (2/2)

The North tested its first nuclear weapon in 2006, an event some say was made easier by the relatively uncritical transfers of billions of dollars worth of aid and investment from the South.

President Lee - a conservative former corporate chairman - says the South will continue to help the North, but only if Pyongyang cooperates on getting rid of its nuclear weapons. He says South Korea will persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear program through ongoing six-nation diplomacy, and that the North must come to realize that ending its nuclear programs will be beneficial.

North Korea is now nearly five months overdue in providing a declaration of its nuclear activities that it promised to produce by the end of last year.

A recent U.S. - North Korea meeting in Singapore has fostered hope a breakthrough may be near. South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan says he hopes the negotiations can get back to a brisk pace.

He says South Korea believes the multinational nuclear diplomacy needs to resume by next month, and that the six nations should ideally sign a new phase of a disarmament agreement by August.

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朝鲜在2006年首次开始核武器试验，有些人说韩国不分青红皂白地注入数十亿美元的资助和投资加速了朝鲜的核武器试验。

保守派的李明博总统，曾是（现代建设）公司董事长。他说韩国将继续帮助朝鲜，前提是朝鲜政府必须弃核。韩国将通过六方会谈说服朝鲜放弃核武器计划，朝鲜必定会意识到结束核武器计划对其有益。

朝鲜目前已经拖延了近5个月，未交出一份核活动清单。他们答应在去年年底交出该清单。

最近在新加坡召开的美朝会谈，可能会打破僵局，给人们带来希望。韩国外长尹永宽说他希望谈判能再次积极的展开。

他说，韩方认为六方会谈有必要在下个月重新开始，而且六国应该在八月前最终签署新一轮的裁军协议。

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