Updated Jan.7,2005 19:19 KST

N.K. Website Shows How U.S. Is Still Viewed as Hostile
Regarding a U.S congressional delegation's planned visit to North Korea, Uriminzokkiri, the North's state-run Internet site, said Friday that no dialogue or meetings would have any significant value unless the U.S. abandoned its hostile policy toward the state.

A group of U.S political representatives is scheduled to visit Pyongyang from Jan. 11-14 to discuss the nuclear dispute that has frequently ground talks to a halt.

The website accused Washington of supporting a regime transition in the North and developing a plot to establish a consultative body across the Northeast Asian region.

Japanese media reported Tuesday that Washington has considered setting up a consultative body with South Korea, Japan, China and Russia in order to check the influence of a rapidly expanding China and take the lead in coping with the North's potential collapse.

(englishnews@chosun.com )