| Stephen Bosworth, the new U.S. special representative for policy on North Korea, was willing to visit North Korea during his trip to Asia in early March on condition that Pyongyang agree to refrain from launching a long-range ballistic missile, diplomatic sources said Saturday. Although Bosworth was prepared to convey a message from U.S. President Barack Obama expressing Washington's intention to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue and to achieve the normalization of bilateral ties, North Korea rejected the idea of a visit, the sources said. |