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U.S., N. Korean diplomats meet for 2nd day on ties, nuclear issue

GENEVA, Switzerland - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill speaks to reporters at a hotel prior to meeting his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan for a second day in Geneva on Sept. 2.

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U.S., N. Korean envoys begin talks in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill speaks with reporters prior to talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan in Geneva on Sept. 1.

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U.S., N. Korean envoys end 1st day of talks on positive note

GENEVA, Switzerland - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill speaks at a press conference following talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan in Geneva on Sept. 1. Hill said reached ''a substantial understanding'' on ways to improve the countries' ties and denuclearize North Korea.

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N. Koreean chief negotiator Kim returns home

BEIJING, China - Chief North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan waves to photographers as he leaves for home from Beijing airport on Aug. 14. Kim had lengthy talks with his U.S. counterpart Christopher Hill in Beijing the previous day.

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U.S., N. Korea discuss ways to disable nuclear facilities

BEIJING, China - Chief U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill speaks with journalists in Beijing following talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan on Aug. 13. Hill said they agreed on the need to clarify ways for Pyongyang to disable its nuclear facilities when a six-party nuclear working group meeting takes place this week in China's northeastern city of Shenyang.

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U.S. negotiator begins talks with N. Korea envoy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill speaks to reporters before he held talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 13. Hill arrived in the Chinese capital earlier in the day

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N. Korean nuke negotiator Kim arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chief North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan waves as he arrives at Beijing airport on Aug. 11, days ahead of his U.S. counterpart and of a working-group meeting under the six-party denuclearization process in Shenyang next week.

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N. Korean diplomat Kim

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan attends an international conference at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (R) attends a symposium at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013. China hosted the event to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008. At left is Wu Dawei, China's special envoy in charge of the talks.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan exchange words during the opening ceremony of a symposium at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013. China hosted the event to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan attends a symposium at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013. China hosted the event to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (2nd from R) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013, prepares to take his seat at a symposium to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008. Wu Dawei, China's special envoy in charge of the talks, is pictured far right.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (C) attends a symposium at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013. The symposium marks the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008. Wu Dawei, China's special envoy in charge of the talks, is pictured far left.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan speaks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013, during a symposium to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan exchange words at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013, at the opening ceremony of a symposium to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008.

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Symposium on 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan is pictured at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2013, at the opening ceremony of a symposium to mark the 10th anniversary in August of the launch of the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which have been deadlocked since late 2008.

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N. Korean delegation in China

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan arrives at Beijing airport on Sept. 16, 2013. Kim is leading a delegation for a seminar on the six-party talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.

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China's top nuclear envoy in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Wu Dawei, China's special envoy in charge of the six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, speaks with reporters after meeting with Kim Kye Gwan, the North's first vice foreign minister and its point man on nuclear issues, at a Pyongyang hotel on the night of Aug. 29, 2013. Wu said that he held "in-depth discussions" with his North Korean counterpart on the possibility of restarting the long-stalled multilateral talks.

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N. Korea nuclear envoy

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (L) shakes hands with Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander Timonin before leaving Pyongyang for Russia on July 2, 2013.

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N. Korean diplomat Kim

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan leaves a restaurant in Beijing on June 21, 2013.

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N. Korean diplomat Kim

DALIAN, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (L) enters a hotel in Dalian, China, on June 20, 2013.

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N. Korean diplomat Kim

DALIAN, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan enters a hotel in Dalian, China, on June 20, 2013.

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China, N. Korea hold dialogue

BEIJING, China - A car carrying North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan leaves the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on June 19, 2013. Kim, who arrived in Beijing the previous day, held talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on bilateral relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a press conference the same day.

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N. Korean diplomat Kim

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan arrives at Beijing international airport on June 18, 2013, to take part in a strategic dialogue with China slated for the following day.

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N. Korean diplomat Kim

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (C) arrives at Beijing international airport on June 18, 2013, to take part in a strategic dialogue with China slated for the following day.

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N. Korean diplomat Kim

BEIJING, China - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (C) arrives at Beijing international airport on June 18, 2013, to take part in a strategic dialogue with China slated for the following day.

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N. Korean diplomat Kim

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan boards an airplane bound for Beijing at Pyongyang international airport on June 18, 2013, to take part in a strategic dialogue with China slated for the following day.

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N. Korea's Kim Kye Gwan returns home

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (L) arrives at Pyongyang's international airport on Feb. 27, 2012, from Beijing where he held talks with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, on Feb. 23 to 24. Ri Yong Ho (R), North Korea's chief delegate to the six-party talks on the country's denuclearization, was there to greet Kim.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks with reporters at a Beijing hotel after holding talks with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on Feb. 24, 2012.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies (C), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks with reporters at a Beijing hotel after holding talks with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on Feb. 24, 2012.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (L) arrives at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on the morning of Feb. 24, 2012, to resume talks with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan is pictured at a Beijing hotel on the night of Feb. 23, 2012. He and Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, met for more than seven hours earlier in the day, holding talks at each other's embassy and having dinner together.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks with reporters at a Beijing hotel ahead of resuming talks with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on the morning of Feb. 24, 2012.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan gets into a car in Beijing on the night of Feb. 23, 2012, after having dinner with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan enters a hotel in Beijing on Feb. 23, 2012, after a meeting with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, answers reporters' questions at a hotel in Beijing after a meeting with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on Feb. 23, 2012.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (L) enters the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Feb. 23, 2012, for a meeting with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy.

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U.S.-N. Korea meeting

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, heads to a meeting with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan in Beijing on Feb. 23, 2012.

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U.S. diplomat Davies in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks with reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Feb. 23, 2012, before meeting with North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan.

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N. Korea envoy in China

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan arrives at Beijing airport on Feb. 21, 2012, for a meeting with Glyn Davies, U.S. special envoy for North Korean policy.

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North Korea's Jong receives 2nd yellow card

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japan's Makoto Hasebe (L) urges North Korea's Jong Il Gwan to leave the pitch after receiving a second yellow card during the second half of a World Cup qualifier at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Stadium on Nov. 15, 2011. Japan lost 0-1.

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U.S., N. Korea fail to narrow gaps on nuke issue

GENEVA, Switzerland - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan speaks to reporters after a meeting with U.S. officials in Geneva, Switzerland, on Oct. 25, 2011. U.S. and North Korean diplomats wrapped up two days of talks that day on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program without tangible progress, but agreed to hold further talks to narrow differences.

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U.S., N. Korea start 2nd day of nuclear talks

GENEVA, Switzerland - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan heads for the second day of talks in Geneva on Oct. 25, 2011, with Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy on North Korea, and Glyn Davies, U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, about the North's nuclear programs.

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U.S. diplomat Bosworth in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Stephen Bosworth (C), U.S. special envoy on North Korea, emerges on Oct. 24, 2011 from a hotel in Geneva where he is staying. Bosworth began two days of talks the same day in Geneva with North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on the Pyongyang nuclear issue.

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N. Korea's Kim Kye Gwan heads for Geneva

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan is seen at Beijing international airport in China on Oct. 22, 2011, en route to Geneva where he will hold talks with Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy on North Korea, and Glyn Davies, U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, about the North's nuclear programs on Oct. 24 and 25. Davies will replace Bosworth after the Geneva talks.

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N. Korean diplomat heading for Geneva

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (R) arrives at Beijing international airport on the night of Oct. 21, 2011, en route to Geneva where he will hold talks with Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy on North Korea, on Oct. 24 and 25 on the Pyongyang nuclear issue.

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Russia's Denisov in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Andrei Denisov (L), Russian first deputy foreign minister, arrives at Pyongyang international airport in North Korea on Sept. 28, 2011. Denisov is expected to hold talks with North Korea's first vice foreign minister Kim Kye Gwan and others.

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N. Korea official in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (C) arrives at Beijing airport on Aug. 3, 2011, after a weeklong trip to New York.

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N. Korea official in New York

NEW YORK, United States - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan replies to questions from reporters in New York on Aug. 2, 2011, as he leaves his hotel. He said he is satisfied with the results of bilateral nuclear talks with the United States held in the city.

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N. Korea official in New York

NEW YORK, United States - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan replies to questions from reporters in New York on Aug. 2, 2011, as he leaves his hotel. He said he is satisfied with the results of bilateral nuclear talks with the United States held in the city.