Analysts in Seoul said Mr. Carter, who helped defuse a Korean nuclear crisis more than 16 years ago, could also try to help end the two countries' impasse.
One such impasse nearly led to the shutdown of the government this year.
Given the impasse, two other key issues for the talks have not been seriously discussed.
After two decades of impasse, Gov. George E. Pataki is close to reaching an agreement with the St . Regis Mohawktribe that would settle a longstanding land-claim lawsuit against the state.
To hit an impasse: Two leading Congressional Republicans, Eric Cantor and Jon Kyl, have pulled out of debt-reduction talks because of tax-hikes proposed by Democrats.
With the White House-set deadline for resolving the country's debt-limit impasse two weeks away, House Republican leaders on Friday announced that they are canceling the chamber's planned week-long recess later this month.
The Yemeni concession came after two weeks of impasse on issues relating to sharp limits imposed on the F.B.I. by Yemeni officials, and after personal appeals that President Clinton made on the issue to Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Last week the House and Senate also agreed on a budget resolution after two years of impasse.Next, the Republicans look likely to win at least two of the three battles that are currently roiling Congress over Mr Bolton, Mr DeLay and Mr Bush's judicial appointments.
We can afford this and much more". After the two reached an impasse, Thomas approached Charles again and said, "My proposal sounds a bit inane.
If European officials were accused of lacking ambition last November, when they first suggested spending €5 billion to kick start the economy of the world's largest trading bloc, their impasse four months later over the plan has become a symbol of a weak and divided response to the global financial crisis.
