Across the World: Korean Peninsula

Talks could restart soon

The Republic of Korea's foreign minister Yu Myung-hwan said the multilateral nuclear talks over denuclearization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) might reopen soon, a slight departure from his previous cautious stance, local media reported yesterday. But he did not give an exact date, according to Seoul's Yonhap News Agency. "(The talks) will surely be held, because that's what meets the interests of the DPRK," Yonhap quoted the minister saying. Local media have interpreted his remark as a possible sign that the Six-Party Talks could be reconvened sooner than expected.