US envoy says nuclear talks still 'in business'

The chief US envoy to talks on ending North Korea’s atomic weapons programme met today with his North Korean counterpart seeking to break a stalemate, and said afterward that the negotiations are still “in business".

US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill had said the six-nation talks were at a standstill over the North’s demands for a nuclear reactor in exchange for dismantling its weapons programmes, and that he wasn’t planning to meet the North Koreans.