Nuke envoys of U.S., Japan, S. Korea meet on N. Korea in Singapore

Stephen Biegun, U.S. special representative for North Korea, held talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Singapore on Friday, with negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang at a standstill.The trilateral meeting was the first since North Korea fired projectiles that appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles on May 4 and May 9 in an apparent attempt to coax Washington into making concessions in denuclearization negotiations.Biegun met with Kenji Kanasugi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Aff…READ FULL ARTICLE