North Korea to talk with US

A SENIOR North Korean official will visit the US this week to discuss the possible resumption of long-stalled international negotiations on ending Pyongyang’s nuclear programmes, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday.

The news that diplomats could be close to reviving six-nation disarmament talks that broke off in 2008 comes after more than a year of animosity and high tension between the rival Koreas and raises hopes in a region on edge.

Two attacks Seoul blames on Pyongyang last year killed 50 South Koreans and led to threats of war.