Nuclear envoys from 2 Koreas meet

Nuclear envoys from North and South Korea held talks today in the Indonesian island of Bali, the foreign ministry said, for the first time since six-party nuclear negotiations collapsed in December 2008.

Nuclear envoys from North and South Korea held talks on Friday in the Indonesian island of Bali, the foreign ministry said, for the first time since six-party nuclear negotiations collapsed in December 2008.

The meeting between South Korea's Wi Sung-Lac and North Korea's Ri Yong-Ho started around 0700 GMT, a spokeswoman said.

"This is the first meeting between chief nuclear envoys from the two Koreas in two years and seven months," she said.

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