N. Korea wants to end U.S. financial restrictions

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said today that it was returning to nuclear disarmament talks to get access to its frozen overseas bank accounts, a vital source of hard currency.
The North's Foreign Ministry made only indirect mention of its underground nuclear detonation last month. Instead, it focused in an official statement on its desire to end U.S. financial restrictions by going back to six-nation arms talks that it has boycotted for a year.