US governor sends advisor to NKorea for nuclear talks

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson sent his senior advisor to North Korea Wednesday for talks on efforts to end the hardline communist state's nuclear weapons program.

K.A. Namkung, who would be in Pyongyang up to the weekend, was accompanied by several other Asia policy experts from the Unites States, a statement from Richardson's office said.

"Dr. Namkung travels to North Korea at a critical junction, as the US government has announced progress toward disabling the DPRK's nuclear facility," Richardson, a former US envoy to the United Nations, said using an abbreviation of the country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

North Korea announced Wednesday it had reached agreement with the United States on its promised...