Report_NN1 :_: North_NP1 Korea_NP1 invites_VVZ US_PPIO2 for_IF nuclear_JJ talks_NN2 US_NP1 special_JJ envoy_NN1 Stephen_NP1 Bosworth_NP1 is_VBZ said_VVN to_TO have_VHI accepted_VVN the_AT offer_NN1 ,_, one_MC1 of_IO several_DA2 recent_JJ overtures_NN2 from_II Pyongyang_NP1 ._. 
A_AT1 daily_JJ summary_NN1 of_IO global_JJ reports_NN2 on_II security_NN1 issues_NN2 North_NP1 Korea_NP1 has_VHZ invited_VVN a_AT1 United_NP1 States_NP1 special_JJ envoy_NN1 to_II Pyongyang_NP1 for_IF talks_NN2 on_II its_APPGE nuclear_JJ program_NN1 ,_, according_II21 to_II22 South_NP1 Korean_JJ media_NN reports_NN2 ._. 
If_CS true_JJ ,_, it_PPH1 could_VM be_VBI another_DD1 signal_NN1 that_CST North_NP1 Korea_NP1 may_VM be_VBI softening_VVG its_APPGE line_NN1 after_II months_NNT2 of_IO belligerent_JJ saber-rattling_NN1 ._. 
The_AT reported_JJ invitation_NN1 comes_VVZ after_II Pyongyang_NP1 was_VBDZ said_VVN to_TO have_VHI proposed_VVN a_AT1 summit_NN1 with_IW South_ND1 Korea_NP1 over_II the_AT weekend_NNT1 ,_, though_CS Seoul_NP1 denied_VVD the_AT report_NN1 ._. 
The_AT US_NP1 and_CC South_NP1 Korean_JJ governments_NN2 reiterated_VVD their_APPGE insistence_NN1 Monday_NPD1 that_CST the_AT isolated_JJ North_ND1 --_NN1 often_RR called_VVN the_AT "_" hermit_NN1 kingdom_NN1 "_" --_NN1 must_VM give_VVI up_RP nuclear_JJ weapons_NN2 ._. 
The_AT JoongAng_NP1 Ilbo_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 South_NP1 Korean_JJ newspaper_NN1 ,_, reported_VVD Tuesday_NPD1 that_CST US_NP1 special_JJ envoy_NN1 to_II North_NP1 Korea_NP1 Stephen_NP1 Bosworth_NP1 had_VHD accepted_VVN the_AT invitation_NN1 from_II Pyongyang_NP1 and_CC would_VM travel_VVI to_II North_NP1 Korea_NP1 next_MD month_NNT1 for_IF talks_NN2 ._. 
The_AT report_NN1 cited_VVD a_AT1 "_" senior_JJ diplomatic_JJ source_NN1 in_II Washington_NP1 ._. "_" 
The_AT U.S._NP1 delegation_NN1 will_VM likely_RR visit_VVI South_ND1 Korea_NP1 ,_, China_NP1 and_CC Japan_NP1 in_II early_JJ September_NPM1 and_CC then_RT head_VV0 to_II the_AT North_ND1 ,_, according_II21 to_II22 the_AT source_NN1 ._. 
The_AT trip_NN1 was_VBDZ to_TO be_VBI announced_VVN officially_RR in_II early_JJ September_NPM1 ,_, immediately_RR before_II their_APPGE departure_NN1 to_II Pyongyang_NP1 ,_, the_AT diplomat_NN1 added_VVD ...._... 
According_II21 to_II22 the_AT source_NN1 ,_, Washington_NP1 has_VHZ decided_VVN to_TO send_VVI Bosworth_NP1 to_II Pyongyang_NP1 as_CSA key_JJ obstacles_NN2 in_II U.S.-North_ND1 relations_NN2 have_VH0 been_VBN removed_VVN ._. 
Two_MC jailed_JJ American_JJ reporters_NN2 were_VBDR released_VVN earlier_RRR this_DD1 month_NNT1 and_CC former_DA U.S._NP1 President_NNB Bill_NP1 Clinton_NP1 confirmed_VVD the_AT stability_NN1 of_IO the_AT Kim_NP1 Jong-il_FW regime_NN1 ,_, the_AT source_NN1 said_VVD ._. 
The_AT news_NN1 was_VBDZ also_RR reported_VVN by_II South_ND1 Korea_NP1 's_GE Yonhap_NP1 News_NN1 Agency_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Associated_JJ Press_NN1 ,_, following_VVG up_RP on_II those_DD2 reports_NN2 ,_, could_VM not_XX confirm_VVI the_AT information_NN1 with_IW US_NP1 officials_NN2 ._. 
The_AT AP_NP1 noted_VVD ,_, "_" Such_DA a_AT1 trip_NN1 would_VM mark_VVI the_AT first_MD nuclear_JJ negotiations_NN2 between_II the_AT US_NP1 and_CC North_NP1 Korea_NP1 under_II the_AT Obama_NP1 administration_NN1 ._. "_" 
Pyongyang_NP1 has_VHZ long_RR sought_VVN &lsqb;_( direct_JJ &rsqb;_) negotiations_NN2 with_IW Washington_NP1 about_II its_APPGE nuclear_JJ program_NN1 and_CC other_JJ issues_NN2 ,_, hoping_VVG to_TO boost_VVI its_APPGE international_JJ profile_NN1 ._. 
The_AT U.S._NP1 has_VHZ said_VVN it_PPH1 is_VBZ willing_JJ to_TO talk_VVI bilaterally_RR to_II Pyongyang_NP1 ,_, but_CCB only_RR within_II the_AT framework_NN1 of_IO six-party_JJ talks_NN2 involving_VVG the_AT two_MC Koreas_NP2 ,_, the_AT U.S._NP1 ,_, China_NP1 ,_, Russia_NP1 and_CC Japan_NP1 ._. 
Separately_RR ,_, North_NP1 Korea_NP1 and_CC South_ND1 Korea_NP1 also_RR agreed_VVD Tuesday_NPD1 to_TO hold_VVI talks_NN2 about_II arranging_VVG reunions_NN2 between_II families_NN2 separated_VVN by_II the_AT long-running_JJ conflict_NN1 on_II the_AT Korean_JJ peninsula_NN1 ._. 
Red_JJ Cross_NN1 officials_NN2 from_II both_DB2 sides_NN2 will_VM meet_VVI for_IF three_MC days_NNT2 beginning_NN1 Wednesday_NPD1 at_II a_AT1 resort_NN1 in_II the_AT North_ND1 ,_, according_II21 to_II22 the_AT Korea_NP1 Times_NNT2 ._. 
The_AT Times_NNT2 said_VVD the_AT talks_NN2 --_NN1 the_AT first_MD such_DA negotiations_NN2 in_II nearly_RR two_MC years_NNT2 --_NN1 will_VM aim_VVI to_TO arrange_VVI reunions_NN2 for_IF families_NN2 separated_VVN by_II the_AT 1950-1953_MCMC Korean_JJ War_NN1 "_" around_II Chuseong_NP1 ,_, the_AT Korean_JJ version_NN1 of_IO Thanksgiving_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ falls_VVZ on_II Oct._NPM1 3_MC ._. "_" 
In_II an_AT1 analysis_NN1 last_MD Saturday_NPD1 ,_, Reuters_NP1 writer_NN1 Jon_NP1 Herskovitz_NP1 argued_VVD that_CST the_AT main_JJ reason_NN1 for_IF the_AT North_ND1 's_VBZ new_JJ conciliatory_JJ tone_NN1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 need_NN1 for_IF money_NN1 ._. 
Impoverished_JJ North_NP1 Korea_NP1 's_GE economy_NN1 ,_, already_RR broken_VVN by_II years_NNT2 of_IO mismanagement_NN1 and_CC global_JJ sanctions_NN2 ,_, has_VHZ taken_VVN further_RRR hits_VVZ this_DD1 year_NNT1 from_II heavy_JJ rains_NN2 that_CST hurt_VVD its_APPGE crucial_JJ farm_NN1 sector_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 loss_NN1 of_IO aid_NN1 from_II the_AT South_ND1 --_NN1 roughly_RR equal_JJ to_II about_RG 5_MC percent_NNU of_IO its_APPGE estimated_JJ $17_NNU billion_NNO a_AT1 year_NNT1 GDP_NN1 --_NN1 caused_VVN by_II political_JJ wrangling_NN1 and_CC new_JJ U.N_NP1 ._. 
sanctions_NN2 for_IF the_AT nuclear_JJ test_NN1 aimed_VVN at_II cutting_VVG off_RP its_APPGE arms_NN2 trade_VV0 that_DD1 is_VBZ a_AT1 key_JJ source_NN1 of_IO hard_JJ currency_NN1 ._. 
