US-DPRK deadlock still hard to break

Editor's note: Although working-level talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea broke down in Stockholm on Oct 5, the United States accepted Sweden's invitation to return to talks in two weeks. However, the DPRK says the US is not talking in good faith and it is reluctant to continue negotiations. Two experts share their views with China Daily's Pan Yixuan on the outlook for US-DPRK talks. Excerpts follow:

Pyongyang wants talks but ball is in Washington's court

It is unclear whether the DPRK will talk with the US in two weeks because the DPRK says it sees no possibility that Washington will come up with any concrete alternative ideas in such a short time and Kim Myong-gil, the DPRK delegation negotiator to the Stockholm talks, warned that terrible things might happen if the US is not well prepared for the talks.