BEIJING (AP) — The United States and North Korea resumed talks today delayed by the death of North Korea’s longtime leader Kim Jong Il two months ago, with the U.S. envoy saying he and his counterpart covered U.S. food aid and other topics.
The discussions — the first since Kim’s death — are to continue Friday and could signal whether North Korea’s new government is ready to agree to steps demanded by Washington and Pyongyang’s neighbors to restart broader international disarmament talks, which are meant to provide aid and diplomatic concessions in return for the North abandoning its nuclear weapons programs.
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