US-NKorea diplomacy slips led to freeze

Updated April 16, 2009 11:53:38

Concern is growing that disarmament talks with North Korea have been significantly damaged. North Korea says it is pulling out of talks and will re-open its nuclear facilities after the UN Security Council condemned a recent rocket launch by the secretive state.

Experts say the United States now has to muster a huge diplomatic effort if there's any hope of resuming some sort of dialogue with Pyongyang.

Presenter: Jennifer Macey
Speaker: Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary; Hilary Clinton, US Secretary of State; Zhang Yesui, China ambassador to the UN; Emeritus Professor Gavan McCormack, Australian National University's School of Pacific and Asian Studies; Professor John McKay from Analysis International

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