N.Korea shifts to peace offensive after ship sinking

Seoul (AFP) July 10, 2010 - After months of tensions, North Korea is now looking for a way out of the confrontation sparked by the sinking of a South Korean warship, analysts said Saturday. After securing what its UN envoy termed "a great diplomatic victory" when the UN condemned the sinking without identifying the culprit, the North expressed willingness in principle to return to nuclear disarmament talks.