N. Korea should halt all nuclear activities if six-party talks are to resume

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Saturday North Korea should halt all illegal nuclear activities and pledge not to restart them if the stalled six-party talks are to resume, an official said. Lee made the remarks during a three-way summit with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on the sidelines of regional summits with Southeast Asian and other nations in the Indonesian resort island of Bali. "The way to create the least trust needed for resuming the six-party talks is for North Korea to halt all illegal nuclear activities and promise not to restart them," Lee said during the meeting, according to senior presidential press secretary Choe Guem-nak. "I hope the three countries will cooperate closely to get North Korea to make a decision to give up nuclear programs," Lee was quoted as saying.