SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States has stationed a State Department employee in Pyongyang to lay the groundwork for opening a permanent liaison office in North Korea, South Korea's biggest daily reported on Monday.
There has been a rise in exchanges between the two countries after reclusive North Korea agreed this year to a multinational deal to freeze and then roll back its nuclear arms programme in return for massive aid and better international standing.
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