Little Progress Seen on North Korea

Thursday, July 24, 2008 By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and chief U.S. North Korea nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill, in Singapore on Wednesday July 23, 2008 (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday warned that North Korea should not expect its dialogue partners to accept its word on its nuclear activities. Rice spoke in Singapore, a day after she and foreign ministers from South Korea, Russia, China and Japan held first-ever talks with North Korean's foreign minister on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific security forum. Wednesday’s meeting of the six ministers, the first since the six-party process was established in 2003, was expected to signal positive movement in efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis. But apart from straight... [read full story]