U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth talks to the press in Beijing

U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth holds an impromptu press conference in the lobby of a hotel in Beijing on November 23, 2010. The White House issued a statement on the North Korean shelling of a South Korean island saying, "The United States strongly condemns this attack and calls on North Korea to halt its belligerent action and to fully abide by the terms of the Armistice Agreement." UPI/Stephen Shaver