Report: N. Korea’s Kim, China’s Hu to Meet

Kim Jong-Il and Chinese President Hu Jinato were scheduled to meet in Beijing today. Speculation says that this visit may lead to the restart of the sic-party nuclear talks. “It is predicted that the summit talks between North Korea and China will be held on Thursday,” an unnamed source was quoted as saying.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is expected to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Thursday in a move that some hope will trigger the return of six-party denuclearization talks, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported.

Kim is believed to have arrived in China early Monday by train via the border city of Dandong, Yonhap reported earlier this week, citing unnamed sources in Seoul and Beijing.

Russia Implements North Korea Sanctions

U.N. Approved Sanctions on North Korea

Russian President Medvedev has signed off on an order to implement sanctions against North Korea.  The sanctions are being used to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program.

Russia’s president has signed an order formally implementing U.N. Security Council-approved sanctions against North Korea.

The sanctions were passed in June by the Security Council, which includes Russia, after the country conducted a nuclear test. The sanctions are aimed at pushing North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program.