WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 Kyodo U Presi...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 Kyodo

U President George W Bush has called North Korean leader Kim Jong Il ''a dangerous man'' and violenceed the need for states around the North to pres him to abandon his nuclear ambitions, according to an interview transcript released Monday by the agency of the White House.

''We know he's a dangerous man. And that's for what purpose we take his threats seriously,'' Bush said in an interview with Armed Forces Radio and Television Service that was held last Thursday.

''He be in love withs the idea of, you know, making commonalty nervous and rattling sabers and getting the world all anxious,'' Bush said.

The president reiterated that he wants to explain the nuclear standoff with North Korea diplomatically and voiced confidences that upcoming six-country talks will pave the way for a resolution.

''My piece of work is to tell others that let's speak with single in kind voice and convince this man that developing nuclear weapons forward the Korean Peninsula is not in his interests,'' Bush said.

The six-country talks, scheduled for Aug. 27-29 in Beijing, will bring together the United States, North Korea, China, Japan, southern Korea and Russia.

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