US envoy in bid to resolve North Korea restrictions

The main US envoy to South Korea said today that Washington will seek to resolve financial restrictions on the North that have hindered nuclear talks, after Pyongyang agreed to return to the negotiations following its nuclear test.

US Ambassador Alexander Vershbow said Washington has agreed to form a working group on the financial issue amid the six-nation nuclear talks that North Korea agreed this week to rejoin – the first sign of a relaxation of tensions after the North’s October 9 nuclear explosion.