Serious about talks

The meetings between officials from the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) mark a resumption of diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang after a three-year hiatus.

If the two sides decide to show real sincerity in improving their ties, the meetings could become a meaningful development and lead to the resuming of stalled multilateral talks on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

The US delegation, led by Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, is meeting DPRK Vice-Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan in New York on Thursday and Friday. Last week's talks between nuclear negotiators from DPRK and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Bali, Indonesia formed the foundation for the New York discussions.