well, N Korea came to an "Agreement" with the US that they will give up nuclear progress in return for a non-agression pact from the US and a bunch of other concessions. Basically the US agreed to do whatever Korea wanted in return for giving up the nuclear program. The uS was boxed in by Iraq and Katrina, and supposedly China said "either you go along with this agreement or we'll tell everyone you destroyed the consensus of the six-party talks."

It's just an agreement, but it's still good news. Here's a NY Times article (registration required).