U.S. envoy’s trip didn’t stop moves
The top U.S. nuclear envoy’s trip to North Korea did not stop the communist nation from restoring its nuclear facilities, the State Department said.
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill returned to South Korea from a three-day trip to the North to try to salvage a six-party disarmament pact after North Korea reversed the dismantlement of its nuclear facilities. He was hoping to draw the regime back to the negotiating table with an offer of a compromise.
But State Department spokesman Robert Wood in Washington told reporters that the North was still moving back equipment.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
