SEOUL – Both Seoul and Pyongyang have blamed each other for the failure of Wednesday’s talks to materialize after a planned two-day summit collapsed following a disagreement over the level of chief delegates.

South Korea said the North Korean decision lacked “common sense”, and had acted according to its usual “abnormal practice” by cancelling talks.

A statement carried by the KCNA today called the South “impolite” and “immoral” for its choice of words, something that the South said “distorted the facts.”

“From the start, the South insisted on ministerial-level talks, confirming several times its intention to send the Minister of