North Korea/United States: North Korea Ready for 'Specific' US-Only Talks.

Section: General News - North Korea says it may be ready to talk again, but not in the six-nation format it has taken part in over the last five years. This time, Pyongyang says it will only talk with the United States. The United States is rejecting North Korea's offer to hold one-on-one talks on its nuclear weapons program.

A State Department spokesman said Monday that any bilateral meeting with the North can only be part of the six-party talks that include China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea.

But North Korea has declared those talks dead.

North Korea took what some view as a small step back from confrontation Monday, offering the possibility of …