This photograph taken and released by South Korea’s presidential Blue House shows a South Korean delegation, left, talking with North Korean Gen. Kim Yong Chol, middle right, on Monday in Pyongyang, North Korea. A senior South Korean delegation headed to North Korea on March 5, aiming to bring Pyongyang and Washington to the table for talks. [State Department’s point man on North Korea steps down]But the international sanctions imposed are now approaching an economic blockade, and experts say they are beginning to hurt North Korea. China said it was “a good thing” that the South Korean delegation had traveled to Pyongyang. North Korea sent one of its top officials on American affairs to the event, and his schedule in South Korea during the three-day visit remains unknown.

Source: Washington Post March 05, 2018 11:15 UTC