passage: Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea proposed high-level talks with the United States to "ease tensions in the Korean Peninsula," its state news agency reported early Sunday. The topics that "can be sincerely discussed" include easing military tensions, changing a truce treaty to a peace treaty and nuclear matters, according to a statement from the North's National Defense Commission, as reported by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. It left some details -- like where and when the talks might be held -- up to Washington, and insisted U.S. officials should not lay out any preconditions for talks. "(The United States should) not lose the opportunity that is laid out and should actively agree with our resolute step and good intention," the commission said.
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  NEW: U.S. should not lay out conditions, "not lose the opportunity," state news says
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  A North Korean government group makes its offer to the U.S. to "ease tensions"
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  The U.S. has spearheaded efforts targeting North Korea's nuclear program
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  The North abruptly called off talks days ago with South Korea
query: South Korea's unification ministry said the @placeholder dropped out after a dispute about who should be involved in the talks, after both sides contended that the other wasn't sending a sufficiently high-level official to the delegation
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