European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday Marc frat 2007 stars a no stripes in the world us n Korea resolve funds dispute six party talks resumed monday by Christopher Bodeen the associated press Beijing the United states and North Korea have resolved a dispute Over million in Frozen North korean funds Clearing the Way for Progress in dismantling the norths nuclear programs us officials said monday the us nuclear envoy Chris Gopher Hill said six party talks which resumed monday could now move on to the next prob Lem of which there Are Many meanwhile North Korea questioned japans qualifications to participate in the talks ratcheting up recent tensions Between the two sides us Deputy assistant Treasury Secretary Daniel Glaser said the funds in a Small Bank in Macau would be transferred into a North korean account at the Bank of China in Beijing to be used for education and humanitarian purposes Glaser said North Korea had proposed the arrangement Sean Mccormack a state department spokesman acknowledged that the United states would have difficulty monitoring How North Korea uses the Money because of the nature of Kore an society it is difficult to Moni Tor activities in North Korea there is a limited ability to do that Mccormack told reporters the funds some of which us authorities suspect May be linked to counterfeiting or Money Laun Dering by Cash starved North Korea had held up Progress in nuclear disarmament talks officials in Macau said they would follow North Korea instructions and release the Frozen funds North Korea has pledged that these funds will be used solely for the betterment of the North korean people Glaser said we believe this resolves the Issue of the apr related Frozen funds he said using the acro nym for North Korea formal name the democratic Peoples Republic of Korea the feb 13 disarmament agreement gave North Korea 60 Days to shut Down both its main reactor and a plutonium process ing Plant and allow in Moni tors to verify the closures in return North Korea is to receive Energy and economic Assis Tance and a Start toward Normal izing relations with the us and Japan also monday japans chief envoy Kenichiro Sasae said his North korean counterpart Kim Kye Gwan questioned japans commitment to meet its require ments and also questioned its qualifications to remain participants of the six nation discus Sions Kim made the remarks at the opening session of the talks which also include South Korea negotiators from North and South Korea Japan Russia China and the us begin a new round of six party talks on North Korea nuclear program monday in Beijing Host China the United states and Russia reiterating a position the regime has stated before Sasae did not elaborate on what Kim said i told them that their argument is totally off the Mark and the question about our qualification is not Worth a comment Sasae told reporters Hill said he did not think the dispute would obstruct negotiations but he urged North Korea to improve ties with Japan Japan is obviously a very important country to us All and i would include the dark in that and i would Hope the dark would understand what its inter ests Are Hill said in Vietnam earlier this month talks Between North Korea and Japan on normalizing ties ended without any Progress korean negotiators at the time reacted angrily to japans insistence that they first resolve questions about the norths abduction of japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s chinese envoy we Dawei told delegates at the opening of the talks that the negotiations still faced a lot of difficulties and obstacles and called on representatives to make joint efforts to Over come them this weeks session will focus on reviewing the Progress of five related working group meetings held Over the past month discuss specific Steps necessary to meet the april 14 shutdown deadline and begin talking about what actions would come after it chinese envoy we Dawei said russian mine blast leaves at least 75 dead by Mike Eckel the associated Moscow rescuers struggled to Rescue dozens of workers caught underground in a siberian Coal mine monday after a methane Gas explosion killed at least 75 in russian worst min ing disaster in a decade As Many As 200 workers were in the Ulanovskaya mine in the Colarich Southern Region known As the Kuz Bass at the time of the blast which occurred Early Mon Day at a depth of around 885 feet emergency and regional officials said Sergei Chere nov a spokes Man for the regional govern ment in Kemerovo where the mine is located told the associated press that at least 75 min ers were killed with an unknown number of bodies brought to the surface he said 75 people had been rescued and 50 others were still missing rescuers were in Contact with some surviving miners under ground it was unclear whether they were in immediate danger at least five miners were injured but officials said three had been 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