Return to Six-Party Talks on table

Latest signals from the Democratic People' Republic of Korea (DPRK) and diplomatic efforts are pointing to a reopening of stalled Six-Party Talks over the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, analysts have said.

On Monday, DPRK top leader Kim Jong-il assured a high-level Chinese envoy that Pyongyang is committed to a nuclear-free peninsula, the Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday.

Kim reiterated on Monday the DPRK's "persistent stance to realize the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" in talks with Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.