Seoul, Moscow hold undisclosed talks on N. Korea

Seoul and Moscow quietly held rare talks on the North Korean nuclear issue amid efforts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. A senior Foreign Ministry official responsible for the North Korean nuclear issue recently made a clandestine trip to Moscow and met Russian counterparts, The Korea Herald learned from sources. The official met Oleg Burmistrov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s ambassador-at-large for the North Korean nuclear issue. However, the Foreign Ministry in Seoul declined to con