SEOUL, South Korea -- Reclusive North Korea this week announced its interest in continuing talks with the United States on its nuclear weapons program. Last week in Geneva, Washington's envoy, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Kye Gwan, met for eight hours of negotiations aimed at getting the stalled Six Party talks moving again. "The two sides decided to continue direct discussions on ways to resolve problems in implementing the Oct. 3 agreement," the official Korean Central News Agency reported.
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