Good sign. Chinese were clear to me that they intended to follow through on Kim with hard squeeze. My guess is that Beijing signaled an oil cut-off and that's what gets Kim to table.ARTICLE: North Korea Will Resume Nuclear Talks, By JOSEPH KAHN and HELENE COOPER, New York Times, November 1, 2006
Of course, this particular table hasn't worked in past, but at least it joins the four adults (Russia, China, Japan and US) in conversation.
So we shall see.
But I wouldn't expect Kim to view Bush as anything but weaker from here on out, so I'm not optimistic (and I hate that, because I like my side to win).