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North Korean nuke envoy moves to luxury village: report Posted: 11 June 2007 2053 hrs North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan SEOUL : North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator has moved into an elite luxury housing development, according to a report Monday, in a sign of his growing influence with leader Kim Jong-Il. South Korea's Dong-A Ilbo newspaper said Kim Kye-Gwan has reportedly moved to Eundokchon near Pyongyang, used by military heavyweights and the leader's closest associates. Dong-A said each of the six-bedroom households can be accessed only by an elevator and is tightly guarded by a company of...

BEIJING, July 25 (Yonhap) -- On the eve of the revived six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program, the United States said Monday it planned to hold an informal meeting with the communist country to sound out its intentions. The meeting on Monday between U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill and Vice North Korean Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan comes as six regional players involved were jockeying for positions ahead of the talks set to open on Tuesday. "We will see the DPRK delegation this afternoon," Hill told reporters, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic...