Senate Foreign Relations Committee investigates North Korea in Washington
Stephen Bosworth, Special Representative for North Korea Policy at the State Department, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on North Korea in Washington on June 11, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Glyn Davies met Thursday with South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator to discuss North Korean nuclear disarmament.
The United States and North Korea ended their talks in Geneva on resumption of talks on the North's nuclear disarmament but no breakthrough was reported.
China's vice premier has urged North Korea to improve its strained relationships with the United States and South Korea.
U.S. and North Korean envoys will meet next week, Washington said, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Il spoke of resuming disarmament talks with no preconditions.
A senior North Korean diplomat involved in nuclear negotiations plans to visit the United States later this week, South Korea's national news agency Yonhap reported.
U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean policy Stephen Bosworth was in China Thursday as Pyongyang proposed unconditional dialogue with South Korea.
Serious negotiations must be "at the heart of any strategy" in dealing with North Korea, the U.S. special envoy for the region said in Seoul Tuesday.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Monday held out hopes for a two-Korea dialogue and a restart of the six-nation talks on the North's denuclearization.
U.S. Ambassador Stephen Bosworth will travel to Asia Jan. 3-7 to discuss "next steps" on the Korean Peninsula, the State Department said Sunday.
North Korea's claims of building a new uranium enrichment facility contradicts pledges made to the international community, a White house spokesman said Monday.
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