| A senior U.S. envoy has arrived in South | | | | Hill said. |
| Korea, saying that United Nations sanctions | | | | |
| against North Korea must be enforced so | | | | The measure calls for inspections of North |
| Pyongyang pays a price for its nuclear test. | | | | Korean cargo for banned weapons parts. China |
| The visit comes as governments in the region | | | | and South Korea, however, are reluctant to |
| examine new signs that Pyongyang is preparing | | | | interdict North Korean ships for fear of |
| a second nuclear weapons test. | | | | igniting a conflict. |
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| Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Christopher | | | | Earlier Tuesday, officials in Tokyo and Seoul |
| Hill says North Korea's neighbors must help | | | | said they are assessing intelligence that |
| enforce the U.N. resolution punishing | | | | Pyongyang might explode a second nuclear |
| Pyongyang for its nuclear test. | | | | device, but gave not details on the |
| | | | information. |
| "To make sure we have done all we can to | | | | |
| impede North Korea's import or export of | | | | Later this week, U.S. Secretary of State |
| nuclear materials - to really make it clear | | | | Condoleezza Rice visits China, South Korea |
| that North Korea will pay a very, very high | | | | and Japan to discuss ways to persuade |
| price for this sort of reckless behavior," | | | | Pyongyang to give up its nuclear program. |