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Those closest to the talks did all they could to downplay the possibility of a rift. "I am not prepared to say that we have made substantial progress," said Ambassador Robert Gallucci, head of the U.S. delegation, but "the talks were serious and businesslike." Both sides strained to say nothing critical of the other's position. "It's one of those moments where we try not to say anything at all," said a U.S. official. Lower-level diplomats continued to meet over the weekend, and Gallucci will resume discussions Wednesday with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kang...
...current impasse may also be dictated by uncertainty in Pyongyang. Donald Gregg, former U.S. ambassador to Seoul, suggests that Kim Jong Il "is asking for the world, because he has seen how highly we value his nuclear program." Other experts speculate that Pyongyang's intransigence reflects the growing strength of hard-liners, or that Kang is simply stalling until the succession to Kim Il Sung is settled. They note that the younger Kim has still not been formally named President or party chief. Jimmy Carter, who is pressing to return to Pyongyang to arrange a summit between North and South...
...Ambassador's angry ex-in-laws fail to freeze her assets...
...Talented young author Steven Wardell creates a fresh and vibrant picture of life in today's Japan--especially the new interests, hopes, and dreams of our young people," the former Japanese ambassador to the United States, Yoshio Okawara, writes in comments published on the cover of Wardell's book...
Perhaps, as he says one of his teachers in Japan told him, he will return as ambassador someday...