The latest round of the Six Party Talks are on hiatus, apparently to give the parties time to put the final touches on a new joint agreement. From XFN via Forbes.com:
The six-nation talks were originally scheduled to end today after four days of meetings, but Chinese envoy Wu Dawei said there would be a ‘recess for two days,’ China’s official Xinhua news agency reported.
A South Korean official who is involved in the talks, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Agence France-Presse an undisclosed joint agreement had been reached but it needed the approval of the governments of each nation. [Full Text]
[Image: Representatives in a hand-shake photo op at the conclusion a previous round of the Six Party Talks in Beijing last December, from the U.S. Department of State website]