Wikileaks disclosures

Leaked classified US diplomatic cables have revealed that Senior Chinese officials have reportedly told a South Korean minister that the Korean peninsula should be reunified under Seoul's control.



They are said to have told an ex-South Korean minister that China placed little value on the North as a buffer state.



The US says the Wikileaks disclosures are an attack on the world community.



Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that every country has to be able to have honest, private dialogue with other countries about issues of common concern.



She adds that the US was taking aggressive steps against those who leaked the information.



The whistle-blowing website, Wikileaks, and the newspapers which have published the cables say they have done so in the public interest.