N. Korea has nothing to gain from provocations

North Korea has nothing to gain from provocations against South Korea, Seoul's Cabinet minister handling inter-Korean relations said Saturday, urging the communist nation to carry out reform and open up to the outside world.

Unification Minister Hyun In-taek accused Pyongyang of launching "reckless political provocations after military provocations," referring to the North's unilateral disclosure of secret contact between the two sides with a claim that Seoul "begged" for summit talks with it.