NORTH KOREA: Frozen funds released; UN inspectors invited back

Updated June 18, 2007 19:32:02

Talks aimed at coaxing North Korea to abandon its nuclear programme could continue in the coming weeks after the release last week of North Korean funds frozen in a bank account in Macau. The chief US negotiator in six-nation talks, Christopher Hill, has also welcomed Pyongyang's invitation to UN inspectors to its Yongbyon plant.

Presenter: Shane McLeod, North Asia correspondent
Speakers: Christopher Hill, US assistant secretary of state