SEOUL: The top US envoy for Asia said yesterday that Washington was willing to talk to communist North Korea and would even address its energy shortages if the nuclear crisis could be resolved.
While Washington insists it is not prepared to negotiate new terms to resolve the standoff, Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly, visiting South Korea, indicated the US Government had not abandoned pre-crisis plans to help the impoverished North.
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