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 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill meets with the press before the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue, in Beijing Saturday July 30, 2005. click to open  |  | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, shakes hands with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo after his arrival for lunch during talks aimed at getting North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, in Beijing on Thursday, July 28, 2005. China hosted the lunch in an apparent effort to maintain a cordial tone during the often-strained atmosphere. click to open |  | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill, 2nd left, chats with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev, 2nd right, before a banquet to the negotiators for the six-party talks held by Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, right, at Diaoyutai State Guesthouseon Thursday July 28, 2005 in Beijing, China. China said the 'atmosphere has improved' following the resumption of North Korean nuclear talks adding that relations between key players the United States and Pyongyang were also better. AP click to open |  | U.S. envoy to the six-party talks, Chris Hill, gets into a car after arriving at the airport in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 24, 2005. As delegates from the six nations arrive in the Chinese capital ahead of renewed talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, North and South Korean delegations agreed at a meeting Sunday that solid progress needs to be made during the upcoming round of discussions. click to open |  | U.S. envoy to the six-party talks, Chris Hill, walks past a Chinese policeman as he walks out of the VIP lounge upon arriving at the airport in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 24, 2005. As delegates from the six nations arrive in the Chinese capital ahead of renewed talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, North and South Korean delegations agreed at a meeting Sunday that solid progress needs to be made during the upcoming round of discussions. click to open |  | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill talks to the media after arriving in Beijing July 24, 2005. Hill arrived in Beijing ahead of talks involving North Korea, South Korea, China, Russia and Japan starting on Tuesday. click to open |  | The photo taken on Sunday July 24, 2005, shows the meeting place of the fourth round of six-party talks on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China. The six-party talks is scheduled to begin here on July 26, 2005. click to open |  | A staff worker makes arrangement at the meeting place of the fourth round of six-party talks on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, on Sunday July 24, 2005. The six-party talks is scheduled to begin here on July 26, 2005. click to open |  | A TV reporter mans his telecamera in front of the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, capital of China, on Sunday July 24, 2005. North and South Korean delegations to this week's six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions agreed at a meeting Sunday that solid progress needs to be made during the upcoming round of discussions. The 100-minute meeting was led by South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min-soon and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Kye Gwan, said Bae Young-han, a spokesman for the delegation from Seoul. click to open |  | U.S. envoy to the six-party talks and Assistant Secretary of State, Christopher Hill gestures as he returns to his hotel in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 24, 2005. As delegates from the six nations arrive in the Chinese capital ahead of renewed talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, North and South Korean delegations agreed at a meeting Sunday that solid progress needs to be made during the upcoming round of discussions. click to open |
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