North korea 's state news agency announced mr. bosworth 's arrival in a one-sentence statement on its international web site , but there was no indication that his presence was reported inside the country .
The u. s. envoy to north korea , stephen bosworth , met senior south korean officials wednesday to coordinate strategy for a possible resumption of multilateral discussions with the north .
Also thursday , mr. obama said he will send his special envoy for north korea , stephen bosworth , to the nuclear-armed dictatorship on dec.8 to try to pull pyongyang back into denuclearization talks .
On his arrival in seoul late tuesday , mr. bosworth said the u. s.is ready for ' serious negotiations ' with north korea , a remark that signaled both openness and caution after previous talks dragged on and produced agreements that pyongyang eventually broke .
Mr. bosworth said the u. s. was in contact with the scientist before his visit to the north and has been in contact with him ' very frequently ' since as the u. s. attempts to gauge the extent of the north 's nuclear technology .
The u. s. dispatched mr. bosworth in the aftermath of a new report by stanford scientist siegfried hecker over the weekend revealing the north 's new uranium-enrichment capabilities following a trip to pyongyang .
After the meetings , mr. bosworth declined most questions from a group of waiting reporters .
会议结束后,等待已久的记者们开始提问,博斯沃思对大部分问题都拒绝回答。
Mr. bosworth met with south korean foreign minister kim sung-hwan and the country 's negotiator at the six-party denuclearization talks , wi sung-lac , for about two hours .