US Envoy in South Korea on Way to Pyongyang

The U.S. envoy for North Korea arrived in South Korea Sunday on the way to a meeting in Pyongyang to convince the North to end its boycott of six-party nuclear disarmament talks.

Stephen Bosworth will travel to Pyongyang on Tuesday in what will be the first one-on-one talks between Washington and the North since U.S. President Barack Obama took office in January.

North Korea has pushed for direct talks with the U.S. since it pulled out of negotiations in protest of international criticism of a rocket launch in April.  Washington has said it would engage the North only if it leads to the resumption of six-party talks that also involve South Korea, China, Japan and Russia.