U.S. in Macau to discuss N. Korea funds
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A U.S. Treasury Department delegation was in Macau on Monday briefing local officials about the investigation of North Korean bank accounts in the Chinese territory, an American official said.
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Most of the North Korean funds long frozen in a Macau bank have been transferred, media reports said on Thursday, raising the prospect of an end to the deadlock stalling a nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang.
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North Korea is proposing holding military talks with the United States, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday, less than a week before a new round of talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arms program is due to begin.
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The transfer of North Korean funds long frozen in a Macau bank was due to begin on Thursday, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, raising the prospect of an end to the deadlock stalling a nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang.
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Russia is trying to help North Korea get access to its money held in a Macau bank, a top U.S. diplomat said in an interview released on Friday.
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The top U.S. nuclear negotiator said Friday that he will use weekend talks with North Korea to resolve issues that could impede progress in broader international talks over its nuclear program.
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A top US envoy is to visit China to discuss reviving stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear programme.
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A senior U.S. official may meet his  North Korean counterpart in Beijing this week as diplomats  prepare for six-party talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear  ambitions, the State Department said on Monday.
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The transfer of North Korean funds in a Macau bank, whose delay has stalled a nuclear disarmament deal, should be completed this week, Yonhap news agency on Wednesday quoted a senior South Korean official as saying.
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A US team of experts is travelling to North Korea to discuss ways to disable the country's nuclear programme.
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Negotiations to transfer North Korean funds held at a Macau bank, central to the reclusive state moving on a nuclear disarmament deal, are in their final stages, South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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The top US and North Korean negotiators on Pyongyang's nuclear program were due to meet one-on-one in the Chinese capital on Sunday, ahead of the resumption of six-way talks stalled since last year.
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North Korea appears to have received funds it demanded be returned before closing a nuclear reactor and now needs to move quickly to shut down its source of bomb-grade plutonium, a top U.S. nuclear envoy said on Monday.
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China will try to nudge North Korea to resume stalled talks on ending its nuclear programs when Pyongyang's No. 2 leader visits on Monday, but economic issues will also be high on the agenda.
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U.S. and North Korean officials will  meet this weekend to discuss next steps under an agreement  calling for North Korea to disclose and disable all its nuclear  facilities, the United States said on Monday.
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The US is ready to end a row with North Korea over a Macau bank which threatened nuclear talks, officials say.
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The U.S. and other regional powers will meet Friday to discuss Asian security concerns after North Korea refused to talk with negotiating partners on its nuclear and missile programs, officials said.