North and South Korea talks fail

The first official talks between North and South Korean officials have ended without progress.The meeting on Tuesday had been seen as a major step - the first government-to-government dialogue since Lee Myung-bak, the South Korean president took office in February last year.But the talks lasted only 22 minutes and started after a full day of arguing over how they should be conducted.A nine-member South Korean delegation entered the Kaesong Industrial park in the North, but talks floundered after differences between Seoul and Pyongyang over the venue and the format for the meeting.The meeting also comes amid rising tensions over Pyongyang's moves to pull out of six-nation talks aimed at nuclear disarmament,  following a statement issued by the UN Security Council condemning the North's rocket launch in early April.