General Wallop Rohsanoh, the NSC secretary-general who held talks with US special envoy Joseph Yun yesterday, said Thailand was ready to help bring North Korea to the negotiating table if there is an opportunity. Yun also met Deputy Foreign Minister Veerasak Futrakul to discuss the issue yesterday. Yun and Veerasak at the Foreign Ministry yesterday (courtesy of the Foreign Ministry)Meanwhile, Thailand has drastically reduced trade with North Korea amid mounting international pressure to isolate the pariah state, the government said yesterday. But sanctions against North Korea have started to bite. The UN Security Council has ordered countries to stop providing guest-worker permits to North Koreans after Pyongyang’s sixth nuclear test in September.

Source: The Nation Bangkok December 14, 2017 18:26 UTC