U.S. reiterates intention to resume dialogue with N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - (From L to R) U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly, South Korean Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Yim Sung Joon and Hitoshi Tanaka, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, shake hands before the start of a trilateral policy consultation meeting in Seoul on Jan. 25. At the meeting, the U.S. reiterated its intention to resume the currently stalled dialogue with North Korea ''without preconditions'' and urged Pyongyang to respond positively.

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