North Korea 'set for arms meeting'

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong Il told China's premier that the North was prepared to return to multinational disarmament talks but said that will depend on progress in its two-way negotiations with the US.

Kim's comments, were the clearest sign yet that Pyongyang was readying to resume the six-nation talks it withdrew from after conducting a long-range rocket test in April and a second nuclear test in May.