US-N.Korea food aid talks under way

U.S. envoys met with North Korean counterparts Wednesday to finalize arrangements for the first U.S. government food aid shipment to the North in three years, part of an agreement aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs.

Special envoy Robert King said the talks are intended to ensure proper procedures and safeguards are in place to guarantee the food aid gets to those who need it most.

An initial agreement on the provision of food aid was reached late last year, only to be delayed by the death in December of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il.

Kim's son and successor, Kim Jong Un, surprised the world last week when North Korea announced it was willing to suspend its nuclear programme.

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