N Korea, US begin nuke talks

North Korean and US negotiators met yesterday for direct talks aimed at reviving long-stalled nuclear disarmament negotiations.
The US team led by outgoing special representative Stephen Bosworth, as well as his replacement Glyn Davies arrived shortly before 8.30am (0630 GMT) at the US embassy where the meeting was to begin at 10:00am.
North Korea's delegation led by first vice foreign minister Kim Kye-Gwan arrived just minutes before talks were due to start.
The delegations broke for lunch at 12:15pm and are due to reconvene at the US mission just over two hours later.
While analysts see the engagement between the two parties as a positive development and a way to stop Pyongyang from making rash moves.