A top US diplomat said Tuesday that China had expressed its commitment to implementing UN sanctions on North Korea aimed at getting the isolated nation to return to six-nation denuclearisation talks. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, the US envoy charged with North Korean sanctions, told reporters he discussed the measures with Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei during talks in Beijing. The UN ...

US and South Korean officials stressed Monday that North Korea must give up its nuclear weapons, one day after its leader Kim Jong-Il made a rare peace overture to his Seoul counterpart. Senior visiting North Korean officials met President Lee Myung-Bak Sunday to deliver a verbal message from Kim. The message was not disclosed. But both sides in the presidential ...