Sanctions talks

Kim Gunn, right, director-general for North Korean nuclear affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaks with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Jennifer Fowler, left, during a meeting Tuesday to discuss tightening bilateral financial sanctions against North Korea. The meeting at the government complex in downtown Seoul was in line with Seoul-Washington efforts to cut off the flow of hard currency to the Kim Jong-un regime. / Yonhap