"US ready for North Korea direct talks"

-Tested 2 Nuclear weapons in 2003 after they withdrew from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty
-Six party system: N.Korea, S. korea, russia, US, japan, china
-Talks to disarm have stalled.
-North korea tests nuclear weapons
-US wants to hold direct talks with North Korea
-Stopping nuclear testing and getting rid of them.

In 2003 North Korea withdrew from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, which served to stop all countries that would sign the treaty to get rid of all nuclear weapons. Instead, they continued to test all of their nuclear weapons. The US, Russia, China, S. Korea, N. Korea then began to negotiate to stop N. Korea from developing their weapons,however talks have stalled and north korea is in no mood to negotiate. In order to persuade N. Korea to stop building and testing their weapons the US wants to have direct talks with the Six Party System. They want North Korea to come back and keep communications with the six countries that were originally together.

Judging from the facts presented from the article I dont think that this is going to work at the moment. North Korea seems like its under unstable leadership because the leader makes rash assumptions, unclear decisions, and seems to be clouded by the violent historical relationship between North and South Korea. North Korea believes that the South and its ally the US are creating military threat and therefore are "arming and protecting" themselves. I see that the US talking to North Korea will not solve anything because in the Norths' point of view the US is the enemy. I see no point in arming yourself to the extent of testing nuclear weapons overseas and simply claiming that your "protecting" yourself. North Korea is a ticking timebomb and it is very concerning for them to think the US is the enemy and to be testing nuclear weapons. This is a very delicate situation because the US is at war, in huge debt, and it can't afford to go into another war. It would be a complete disaster if they decide to use those weapons because they are holding a grudge from historical events that happened hundreds of years ago. There is no evidence the the South and the US are threatening them but for now all we can do is wait and see if they accept the direct talk with all 6 countries.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8251950.stm