Charles Kartman, (C) United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Song Young Shik (R), South Korean Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, and Kim Gye Gwan, (L) North Korean Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, shake hands before the start of talks in New York June 30 aimed at negotiating a formal end to the 1950-1953 Korean War. The meeting was expected to last one day.

KOREA NORTH TALKS