N. Korea says talks with US could resume in a 'few weeks'

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday that diplomatic talks with the United States could resume in a "few weeks," but that it will not consider abandoning its nuclear weapons unless external threats are fully removed.A statement Monday attributed to a North Korean foreign ministry official said potential upcoming working-level talks would be decisive in determining the fate of the country's diplomacy with Washington. It called for unspecified U.S. security and economic concessions,