Amid deep discord, N.Korea nuke talks end
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-11 20:53

The dispute erupted in 2002 after Washington said North Korea admitted operating a secret nuclear program in violation of a 1994 deal that gave the isolated, impoverished North energy aid in exchange for giving up atomic development.

Hill said that in response to North Korean complaints about the sanctions, he told the North's diplomats those were law enforcement issues and not part of the six-party talks.

Washington imposed sanctions in October on eight North Korean companies accused of acting as fronts for sales of banned missile, nuclear or biological weapons technology.

The United States also accuses North Korea of producing high quality counterfeit $100 bills known as "supernotes."