North Korea Update

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told a visiting Chinese delegation that his country would return to international nuclear talks if the US lifts financial restrictions that have long angered the North, newswires cite a report in South Korean newspaper, Chosun Ilbo. A diplomatic source in China said in the report "if the U.S. makes a concession to some degree, we will also make a concession to some degree, whether it be bilateral talks or six-party talks."