North Korea says U.S. proposes to have talks in December

North Korea has received a proposal by the United States to hold talks again in December, according to a statement carried Thursday by the state-run Korean Central News Agency.The statement, however, criticized the United States for making the proposal through a third nation, saying Washington is seeking a "sinister aim of appeasing us in a bid to pass the time limit -- the end of this year.""If the U.S. side has found a solution to be presented to us, it can just explain it to us directly," Kim Myong Gil, who has led North Korea's negotiations with the United States, said in the statement.…READ FULL ARTICLE