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South and North Korean officials met for nearly three hours but failed to make any progress toward setting up a meeting of their prime ministers because of differences over joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises. But they agreed to meet again April 12 at the truce village of Panmunjom, 35 miles north of Seoul. The north wants the annual exercises scrapped.
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