North Korea calls for high-level talks with U.S.  June 16,
2013|By Jung-yoon Choi   • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,
center, stands with employees of the Taegwan glass factory in
north Phyongan province. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,
center, stands with employees of the Taegwan… (KCNA / AFP /
Getty Images )  SEOUL — The North Korean regime Sunday suggested
a high-level meeting with the United States "to ease the tension
on the Korean peninsula," less than a week after its scheduled
working-level talks with Seoul were called off.   In the
National Defense Commission's "important statement" carried on
its state-run Korea Central Television, Pyongyang said that if
the U.S. is "sincerely interested in keeping the peace and
security in the region, including the mainland United States,"
the two countries should hold high-level talks.   Proposing the
two countries meet at a venue and date of Washington's choice, 
Pyongyang said they could discuss issues such as "easing the
military tension" and denuclearization