SEOUL, South Korea - International disarmament talks on North Korea's nuclear program will resume in Beijing next week, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

IAEA's Director General Mohamed ElBaradei briefs the media, during a special meeting on North Korea of the International Atomic Energy Agency's, IAEA, 35-nation board at Vienna's International Center, Monday, July 9, 2007. [AP]

China has informed participating countries that the negotiations will start July 18, Yonhap said, citing an unidentified diplomatic "source" familiar with the negotiations.

The talks - involving China, Japan, the two Koreas, Russia and the United States - were last held in March.