DPRK official to visit US for talks

Invite signals negotiations on nuke program may restart

BALI, Indonesia - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Vice-Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan will visit the United States this week to discuss the next steps needed to resume international negotiations aimed at ridding the country of its nuclear programs, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday.

The announcement was a further sign that diplomats could be close to reviving Six-Party Talks that broke off in 2008.