North Korea last week announced a freeze on nuclear and missile tests . In return , the Unites States has agreed to resume providing food aid . The United Nations Security Council is expected to discuss sanctions against Pyongyang at an emergency meeting next week. The agreement was cautiously welcomed by U.S. officials in the hope that a new era in relations with the North would begin and lead to a resumption of multilateral talks aimed at the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula . Talks come against backdrop of fiery rhetoric from North Korea toward the South .
North Korea last week announced a freeze on nuclear and missile tests . In return , the Unites States has agreed to resume providing food aid . The United Nations Security Council is expected to discuss sanctions against Pyongyang at an emergency meeting next week. Talks come against backdrop of fiery rhetoric from North Korea toward the South .