U.S. and North Korea Make Contact Again

The U.S. Department of State revealed on August 22 that after North Korea and the U.S. made two phone call contacts last week, they held a third round of diplomatic talks on that day.

In a regular briefing, U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that Washington held a third contact meeting with Pyongyang, explaining that through what is called the New York channel, the U.S. conveyed a message saying that the U.S. is willing to respond to the questions of the six-party talks, and the North replied to it.”

McCormack, however, refused to comment further over whether the third contact between the two countries was a phone call or a face-to-face talk.

Seung-Ryun Kim srkim@donga.com