N. Korean nuclear negotiations regain momentum; First working-group.

(From The Korea Herald)

By Seo Hyun-jin With the agreement to launch a working-group meeting on North Korea's nuclear threat next month, momentum has been regained in efforts to seek a diplomatic end to the prolonged standoff between Pyongyang and Washington. Government officials and experts welcomed the development as a positive step toward defusing the 18-month nuclear standoff, but only held modest hopes for the outcome, as the two Cold War foes still remain apart on a solution. Participants in the six-party talks aimed at resolving the nuclear issue announced yesterday that they would hold the first set of working-level negotiations from May 12 in Beijing, in …