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US Team Arrives in North Korea for Nuclear Talks

22 April 2008

A U.S. delegation crossed the heavily-guarded border from South Korea into North Korea Tuesday, for talks on Pyongyang's overdue declaration of its nuclear activities.

Sung Kim talks to reporters upon arrival at the Incheon International Airport, South Korea, 21 Apr 2008
Sung Kim talks to reporters upon arrival at the Incheon International Airport, South Korea, 21 Apr 2008
The team, led by Sung Kim - the top U.S. State Department expert on the Koreas - will stay in North Korea for three days to discuss the North's nuclear declaration and how to verify it.

Six-country talks on ending the North's nuclear activities have been stalled for months, after Pyongyang missed a December 31 deadline to give a declaration of its nuclear programs in return for diplomatic concessions and energy aid.

The six-party agreement was hammered out among the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and China.

 

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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