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North Korea: U.S. Envoy Arrives in Pyongyang A nine-member U.S. delegation arrived today in Pyongyang, North Korea, for the first high-level talks between the two countries since U.S. President George W. Bush took office (see GSN, Oct. 2). James Kelly, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said he plans to discuss North Korea’s missile proliferation and nuclear program during the three-day trip, which he described as a “working visit” (Kim Kyoung-wha, Reuters, Oct. 3). North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju is expected to meet with Kelly (BBC, Oct. 3). The trip comes as five U.S. senators have asked the Bush administration to make any support for North Korean nuclear power reactors contingent weapons inspectors from the United Nations gaining access to suspected nuclear sites (see GSN, Dec. 10, 2001). In a Sept. 26 letter Senators Trent Lott (R-Miss.), Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), Robert Smith (R-N.H.) and Mike Dewine (R-Ohio) told Bush they fear that North Korea is working “clandestinely on its nuclear weapons program.” The letter cited a National Intelligence Council report indicating that Pyongyang has produced “one, possibly two, nuclear weapons” (Nicholas Kralev, Washington Times, Oct. 3).
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