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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam NKorea's Kim reaffirms nuke talks on trip to China By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN,Associated Press Writer - Saturday, May 8 Send IM Story Print BEIJING – North Korea's reclusive leader expressed a willingness to rejoin nuclear disarmament talks while on a not-so-secret trip to China, Chinese state media said Friday, but gave no firm date for restarting the process that Pyongyang abandoned more than a year ago. Kim Jong Il's private, armored train _ the eccentric leader shuns air travel _ crossed the border back into North Korea midmorning after leaving Beijing on Thursday following talks with Chinese leaders that touched on the six-nation talks aimed at ridding the North of nuclear weapons. "Kim said that the DPRK will work with China to create favorable conditions for restarting the six-party talks," the official Xinhua News Agency said in a report on his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Kim made a similar pledge six months ago, without taking actions to restart the negotiations. A return to the talks is likely to go hand-in-hand with new aid from China, including the implementation of economic agreements reached during the Chinese premier's visit to North Korea last year. Xinhua said Wen told Kim the two enjoyed "big potential for developing economic and trade cooperation." Kim's regime _ which is flailing from years of international sanctions and a recent failed currency revaluation _ has grown ever more dependent on Chinese aid and diplomatic support. Beijing appears eager to provide such support to prevent his impoverished country's implosion, which could touch off severe unrest on its border. The visit began Monday and has been shrouded in secrecy, as is typical whenever Kim travels. In footage run by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on Friday, Kim, 68, who reportedly suffered a stroke in 2008, appeared thin and tired in meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and other officials. The footage was the first official Chinese confirmation that Kim had visited the country. Kim, wearing a pea green leisure suit, was shown shaking hands with Chinese leaders at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, in footage apparently shot Wednesday night. He spoke with Hu in a conference room, then stood and read from a piece of paper at a banquet table and offered toasts, wine glass in hand. Other footage showed him on an excursion to Beijing's Zhongguancun high-tech zone. The Korean Central News agency said in a dispatch from Pyongyang that Kim was on an "unofficial" visit to China but gave very few details. Its description of the visit as unofficial explained the lack of formal protocol such as an official welcoming ceremony or the flying of North Korean flags in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. KCNA ran a message of thanks from Kim Jong Il addressed to Hu, as well as officials of the four cities he visited; Tianjin, Beijing, Dalian, and Shenyang. Kim expressed happiness at having confirmed "trust and understanding" between China and the North, and said he wishes to further strengthen such relations, the statement said. North Korea's state TV did not air any footage of Kim Jong Il's visit to China. An announcer reported on Kim's visit to various Chinese cities and the "economic grandeur" he saw there, but there were no mentions of Kim's discussions with Hu or other high-ranking officials on six-party talks or denuclearization. This week's visit was Kim's fifth to China since succeeding his father as ruler in 1994, the last being in 2006. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that Kim told Hu he is ready to return to denuclearization talks, under which North Korea agreed to dismantle its nuclear programs in return for food and fuel aid. Kim has made similar commitments in the past, but usually attaches conditions, such as a long-sought direct dialogue with the United States. Yonhap did not say what, if any, conditions he set this time. North Korea quit the talks, involving China, Russia, the two Koreas, Japan and the U.S., in December 2008, and then conducted a nuclear test that drew tightened U.N. sanctions. China, which sent troops to back North Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War, already provides most of the aid needed to feed North Korea's malnourished population of 23 million and prop up an economy devastated by natural disasters and chaotic management. Beijing's support for Kim is driven overwhelmingly by its own security concerns, which override any unhappiness it might have over North Korea's nuclear program or rejection of economic reforms, Chinese scholars say. That policy, however, comes at the risk of upsetting South Korea, where suspicion is rising that a North Korean torpedo destroyed the naval ship Cheonan in March, killing 46 sailors. North Korea has denied involvement, but Seoul has said the six-nation nuclear talks cannot restart until a full investigation into the sinking is complete. ___ Associated Press Writers Kwang-tae Kim, Sangwon Yoon and Jean Lee in Seoul and researcher Zhao Liang in Beijing contributed to this report. 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