North Korea nuclear talks to resume on July 10

TOKYO, July 8 (RIA Novosti) - Talks with North Korea on its nuclear program are set to restart on July 10 in Beijing, Seoul's chief nuclear negotiator said on Tuesday. "The top envoys' meeting will begin in the afternoon of July 10," Kim Sook said. The six-party negotiations, which include Russia, the United States, China, Japan and the two Koreas, stalled late last year when Pyongyang missed a deadline to hand over nuclear data as part of a deal under which the North was promised economic aid and diplomatic incentives. North Korea eventually handed over detailed data on its nuclear activities in late June. It also demolished on June 27 the cooling tower at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, about 100 km (62 miles) north of Pyongyang, a move perceived as the communist regime's willingness to terminate its nuclear program. The... [read full story]