Conservative protesters shout slogans as they hold North Korean flags and portraits of its leader Kim Jong-il during a pro-U.S. and anti-North Korea rally in front of the foreign ministry in Seoul May 8, 2009. North Korea rebuffed the latest overtures from the Obama administration by saying on Friday it was useless to talk to the United States whose "hostile policy" left it no choice but to bolster its nuclear deterrent. The letters on the left North Korean flag read, "Kim Jong-il out!" REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA POLITICS CONFLICT)