US envoy arrives in China on Asia tour for talks on post-Kim Jong Il North Korea

 December 31, 1969 06:00   washingtonpost.com

BEIJING — Senior U.S. and Chinese diplomats on Wednesday discussed North Korea following leader Kim Jong Il’s death and whether that will delay resuming talks on the country’s nuclear disarmament and deliveries of U.S. food aid. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is the highest level U.S. official to visit the region since Kim’s unexpected death two weeks ago raised new concerns about poor, nuclear-equipped North Korea’s stability and disrupted U.S.-North Korean talks just as they were making headway. Read full article >>

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