{"id":1477,"date":"2017-10-01T22:53:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T21:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2017\/10\/01\/us-probing-talks-north-korea\/"},"modified":"2017-10-01T22:53:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T21:53:24","slug":"us-probing-talks-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/us-probing-talks-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"US &#8216;probing&#8217; talks with North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US is \u201cprobing\u201d the possibility of talks with the North Korean regime, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said.<\/p>\n<p>Following a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other officials, Mr Tillerson revealed for the first time that Washington has \u201clines of communications to Pyongyang\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This follows months of heated rhetoric between the US and North Korea, following repeated missile tests, as well as the test of a miniaturised hydrogen bomb in September.<\/p>\n<p>While Mr Tillerson said that the US was \u201cnot in a dark situation\u201d, the US State Department stated that little progress had been made.<\/p>\n<p>Following this latest development in the North Korean Crisis, <em>The Northern Quota<\/em> asked members of the public whether holding talks with North Korean were worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it all very unnerving because of what they are capable of.\u201d, said Kay Ross, a 21-year-old graduate from Eaglescliffe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny way that could help alleviate the potential for disaster is something I think should be pursued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1474\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/eliza_ross_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/eliza_ross_1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/eliza_ross_1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/eliza_ross_1-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/eliza_ross_1-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kay Ross, a 58-year-old librarian, also from Eaglescliffe, agrees. \u201cYes, because the alternative is so unthinkable. I don\u2019t how possible it would be, but it\u2019s all we\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1475\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/kay_ross_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/kay_ross_1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/kay_ross_1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/kay_ross_1-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/kay_ross_1-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sally Benson, 58, and her friend Lisa Portas, 47,&nbsp; were more sceptical of the possibility of talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure it matters,\u201d said Sally. \u201cI think someone is definitely going to get bombed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Lisa added&nbsp;\u201cWell, I\u2019d hate to be the UN right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1476\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/lisa_sally_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/lisa_sally_1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/lisa_sally_1-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/lisa_sally_1-1024x558.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/lisa_sally_1-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sally&nbsp;replied \u201cWell, the UN are rubbish in situations like this. Look what happened in Bosnia in the 90s. Trump speaks before he thinks, which doesn\u2019t help, but China is using all this to maintain it\u2019s own power, even though it cannot stop its own Westernisation. Chinese is seemingly insular and a patriotic nation, yet still lives a similar lifestyle to any Western country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore to the point, if North Korea doesn\u2019t push, push, push, it\u2019s all over for them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US is \u201cprobing\u201d the possibility of talks with the North Korean regime, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said. 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