Presidential Office Denies Special Envoy for N. Korea.

(From Yonhap)

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Monday denied a report that the government will send a special envoy of President Roh Moo-hyun to North Korea by the end of the year to produce a breakthrough in the standoff over the North's nuclear weapons ambitions.

""It is not true that the government is seeking to dispatch a presidential envoy to North Korea,"" Roh's deputy spokesman Kim Man-soo said. ""It is also untrue that President Roh has already been briefed on it."" The report cited anonymous government sources as saying North Korea reacted positively to President Roh's speech in Los Angeles on Nov. 12 and …