Naval disaster might affect six-party talks:ROK

"I can't say the incident is directly related to the future of the six-party talks. But now that the state of affairs surrounding the Korean peninsula is affected by the incident, (the government) might need to review future process of the six-party talks in relation to the current situations," Kim Young-sun, Seoul's foreign ministry spokesman, told reporters in a briefing.

His remarks came at a time when speculation runs high of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's hand in the recent sinking of a 1,200-ton corvette, especially after investigators looking into the incident concluded that a powerful external explosion at a close range, possibly caused by a torpedo or sea mine detonation, was the most likely cause of the incident; Kazinform cites China Daily.