U.S. hails Korea talks, despite North's rejection of denuclearization

By Christine Kim and David Brunnstrom SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North and South Korea held their first talks in more than two years on Tuesday and Washington hailed them as a good first step in solving the crisis over the North's nuclear missile program, even though Pyongyang said it would not discuss weapons that were only aimed at the United States. The U.S. State Department said Washington would be interested in joining future talks, but stuck to its insistence they must be aimed at denucl