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2 Koreas divided over terms for restarting 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's chief nuclear envoy Ri Yong Ho speaks to reporters after meeting his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung Lac in Beijing on Sept. 21, 2011. South Korean officials said the envoys remained at odds over terms for resuming the six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs.

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2 Koreas divided over terms for restarting 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac speaks to reporters after meeting his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho in Beijing on Sept. 21, 2011. South Korean officials said the envoys remained at odds over terms for resuming the six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs.

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North, S. Korea envoys in China

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's chief nuclear envoy, arrives at a Beijing venue on Sept. 21, 2011, for a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung Lac.

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North, S. Korea envoys in China

BEIJING, China - Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief nuclear envoy, arrives at a Beijing venue on Sept. 21, 2011, for a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho.

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S. Korea's nuclear envoy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac speaks to reporters after arriving at Beijing Capital International Airport on Sept. 20, 2011, for a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho the following day.

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2 Koreas hold high-level talks in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (C) is pictured on July 22, 2011, in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, after holding talks there earlier in the day with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs.

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2 Koreas hold high-level talks in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Wi Sung Lac (front), South Korea's chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, is pictured on July 22, 2011, in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, after holding talks there earlier in the day with North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho.

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Japanese, S. Korean diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Wi Sung Lac (L), South Korea's chief envoy to the six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama at the Japanese Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on June 14, 2011. They reaffirmed during their talks that an inter-Korean dialogue should be held before resuming the six-party talks.

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Senior U.S. official Bosworth in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (C), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 17, 2011. Bosworth indicated after meeting with South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac that the United States would make a decision in the next few days on a visit to North Korea by a U.S. special envoy.

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Bosworth meets Wi in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief delegate to stalled six-party talks on denuclearization of the North, shake hands at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 17, 2011, prior to a meeting. Bosworth indicated after the meeting that the United States would make a decision in the next few days on a visit to North Korea by a U.S. special envoy.

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U.S. envoy blasts N. Korea uranium enrichment program

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac (R) and Robert Einhorn, U.S. State Department special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, talk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on March 2, 2011. Einhorn told reporters that North Korea's uranium enrichment program is a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution and an agreement reached under the six-party talks after the meeting.

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U.S. envoy on N. Korea rights issues in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert King (L), a U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, and Wi Sung Lac (R), the South's chief nuclear envoy to the stalled six-party talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons program, meet in Seoul on Feb. 8, 2011.

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U.S. nuclear envoy Bosworth in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief delegate to the six-nation talks on North Korea's denuclearization, hold talks at the foreign ministry in Seoul on Jan. 5, 2011. The meeting took place because the China-hosted multilateral talks also involving Japan and Russia have been long stalled.

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U.S. nuclear envoy Bosworth in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, shakes hands with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief delegate to the six-nation talks on North Korea's denuclearization, prior to their meeting at the foreign ministry in Seoul on Jan. 5, 2011. The meeting took place because the China-hosted multilateral talks also involving Japan and Russia have been long stalled.

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn (L), special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, holds talks with South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010, over additional sanctions on North Korea.

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn (L), special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, shakes hands with South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010, ahead of their talks over additional sanctions on North Korea.

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U.S. prepared to resume nuke talks in 'very near future': Bosworth

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. special representative for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth and South Korea's top nuclear negotiator Wi Sung Lac shake hands ahead of their talks in Seoul on Feb. 25, 2010. Bosworth arrived in Seoul from Beijing and will next travel to Tokyo, the final leg of his three-nation Asia trip aimed at paving the way for the resumption of the talks.

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Campbell meets with S. Korean officials

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state, meets with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's top nuclear negotiator, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2010. Campbell and Wi agreed to cooperate to resume the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs early.

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Bosworth meets with Wi ahead of Pyongyang visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, talks with Wi Sung Lac (R), South Korea's top nuclear envoy, during a meeting in Seoul on Dec. 7, 2009. The meeting came a day before Bosworth's planned three-day visit to North Korea.

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Bosworth meets with Wi ahead of Pyongyang visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), top U.S. negotiator on North Korean nuclear issues, shakes hands with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's top nuclear envoy, before their meeting in Seoul on Dec. 7, 2009. The meeting came a day before Bosworth's planned three-day visit to North Korea.

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Bosworth, Wi discuss N. Korea nuke talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, meets with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's top nuclear envoy, in Seoul on Sept. 5, 2009.

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Bosworth, Wi discuss N. Korea nuke talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, shakes hands with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's top nuclear envoy, before their meeting in Seoul on Sept. 5, 2009.

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S. Korea, U.S. agree to efforts to get N. Korea back to 6-way talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Wi Sung Lac (R), South Korea's chief nuclear envoy, and Kurt Campbell (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, at the South Korean ministry of foreign affairs and trade on July 20 ahead of their talks on issues including review of the current situation concerning the North Korean nuclear issue.

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S. Korea, U.S. agree to efforts to get N. Korea back to 6-way talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Wi Sung Lac (R), South Korea's chief nuclear envoy, and Kurt Campbell (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, shake hands at the South Korean ministry of foreign affairs and trade on July 20 ahead of their talks on issues including review of the current situation concerning the North Korean nuclear issue.

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U.S. envoy urges N. Korea to return to 6-party talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), the top U.S. official on North Korea policy, talks with his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung Lac at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on May 8. Bosworth, who arrived in Seoul from Beijing earlier in the day, is visiting four countries involved in the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs.

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Japan, S. Korea repeat call for N. Korea not to launch rocket

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) and Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief delegate at the six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea, shake hands prior to their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on March 16.

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Japan, S. Korea repeat call on N. Korea not to launch rocket

TOKYO, Japan - Wi Sung Lac (L), South Korea's chief delegate at the six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing Pyongyang, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart, Akitaka Saiki, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, at the foreign ministry in Tokyo on March 16 before their talks.

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Japan, S. Korea repeat call for N. Korea not to launch rocket

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) and Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief delegate at the six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea, shake hands prior to their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on March 16. (Kyodo)

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Bosworth, Wi discuss N. Korea nuke talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, shakes hands with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's top nuclear envoy, before their meeting in Seoul on Sept. 5, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Bosworth, Wi discuss N. Korea nuke talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, meets with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's top nuclear envoy, in Seoul on Sept. 5, 2009. (Kyodo)

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn (L), special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, shakes hands with South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010, ahead of their talks over additional sanctions on North Korea. (Kyodo)

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn (L), special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, holds talks with South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010, over additional sanctions on North Korea. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea, U.S. agree to efforts to get N. Korea back to 6-way tal

SEOUL, South Korea - Wi Sung Lac (R), South Korea's chief nuclear envoy, and Kurt Campbell (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, at the South Korean ministry of foreign affairs and trade on July 20 ahead of their talks on issues including review of the current situation concerning the North Korean nuclear issue. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea, U.S. agree to efforts to get N. Korea back to 6-way tal

SEOUL, South Korea - Wi Sung Lac (R), South Korea's chief nuclear envoy, and Kurt Campbell (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, shake hands at the South Korean ministry of foreign affairs and trade on July 20 ahead of their talks on issues including review of the current situation concerning the North Korean nuclear issue. (Kyodo)

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U.S. envoy urges N. Korea to return to 6-party talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), the top U.S. official on North Korea policy, talks with his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung Lac at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on May 8. Bosworth, who arrived in Seoul from Beijing earlier in the day, is visiting four countries involved in the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs. (Kyodo)

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Japan, S. Korea repeat call on N. Korea not to launch rocket

TOKYO, Japan - Wi Sung Lac (L), South Korea's chief delegate at the six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing Pyongyang, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart, Akitaka Saiki, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, at the foreign ministry in Tokyo on March 16 before their talks. (Kyodo)

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2 Koreas divided over terms for restarting 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac speaks to reporters after meeting his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho in Beijing on Sept. 21, 2011. South Korean officials said the envoys remained at odds over terms for resuming the six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs. (Kyodo)

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2 Koreas divided over terms for restarting 6-party talks

BEIJING, China - North Korea's chief nuclear envoy Ri Yong Ho speaks to reporters after meeting his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung Lac in Beijing on Sept. 21, 2011. South Korean officials said the envoys remained at odds over terms for resuming the six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs. (Kyodo)

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North, S. Korea envoys in China

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's chief nuclear envoy, arrives at a Beijing venue on Sept. 21, 2011, for a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung Lac. (Kyodo)

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North, S. Korea envoys in China

BEIJING, China - Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief nuclear envoy, arrives at a Beijing venue on Sept. 21, 2011, for a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea's nuclear envoy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac speaks to reporters after arriving at Beijing Capital International Airport on Sept. 20, 2011, for a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho the following day. (Kyodo)

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2 Koreas hold high-level talks in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (C) is pictured on July 22, 2011, in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, after holding talks there earlier in the day with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs. (Kyodo)

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2 Koreas hold high-level talks in Bali

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Wi Sung Lac (front), South Korea's chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, is pictured on July 22, 2011, in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, after holding talks there earlier in the day with North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, S. Korean diplomats

TOKYO, Japan - Wi Sung Lac (L), South Korea's chief envoy to the six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama at the Japanese Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo on June 14, 2011. They reaffirmed during their talks that an inter-Korean dialogue should be held before resuming the six-party talks. (Kyodo)

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Bosworth meets Wi in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief delegate to stalled six-party talks on denuclearization of the North, shake hands at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 17, 2011, prior to a meeting. Bosworth indicated after the meeting that the United States would make a decision in the next few days on a visit to North Korea by a U.S. special envoy. (Kyodo)

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Senior U.S. official Bosworth in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (C), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on May 17, 2011. Bosworth indicated after meeting with South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac that the United States would make a decision in the next few days on a visit to North Korea by a U.S. special envoy. (Kyodo)

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U.S. envoy blasts N. Korea uranium enrichment program

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac (R) and Robert Einhorn, U.S. State Department special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, talk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on March 2, 2011. Einhorn told reporters that North Korea's uranium enrichment program is a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution and an agreement reached under the six-party talks after the meeting. (Kyodo)

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U.S. envoy on N. Korea rights issues in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert King (L), a U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, and Wi Sung Lac (R), the South's chief nuclear envoy to the stalled six-party talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons program, meet in Seoul on Feb. 8, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Campbell meets with S. Korean officials

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state, meets with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's top nuclear negotiator, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2010. Campbell and Wi agreed to cooperate to resume the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs early. (Kyodo)

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U.S. prepared to resume nuke talks in 'very near future': Boswort

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. special representative for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth and South Korea's top nuclear negotiator Wi Sung Lac shake hands ahead of their talks in Seoul on Feb. 25, 2010. Bosworth arrived in Seoul from Beijing and will next travel to Tokyo, the final leg of his three-nation Asia trip aimed at paving the way for the resumption of the talks. (Kyodo)