24/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, North Korea said it would not be participating in the new negotiations over a nuclear freeze and the dismantling of its nuclear programme (scheduled for September in the presence of South Korea, the United States, China, Russia and Japan). The reason given by a spokesperson for North Korea's foreign ministry was Washington's 'hostility' to Pyongyang. A press release issues by the official North Korean press agency KCNA, cited by AFP, said that this had...