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North Korean and U.S. nuclear envoys said to meet


    SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's chief nuclear envoy left for Beijing on Tuesday to meet a U.S. diplomat visiting the Chinese capital and will discuss a delay in a nuclear disarmament deal, Yonhap news agency reported.

    Kim Kye-gwan will meet U.S. Assistant Secretary of StateChristopher Hill, currently in Beijing and scheduled to leaveChina later on Tuesday, it said without specifying a source.

    (Reporting by Rhee So-eui, writing by Jon Herskovitz;Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)