The United States and its regional partners are trying to convince North Korea to uphold a two-year-old promise to dismantle its nuclear weapons programs. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Beijing talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions have formally opened.

Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program have resumed in Beijing, with negotiators discussing how to implement a 2005 statement offering North Korea economic and security incentives in return for Pyongyang abandoning its nuclear weapons ambitions.