SINGAPORE, November 11, SPA -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the deadly naval skirmish between the two Koreas will not affect Washington"s decision to send an envoy to North Korea, according to a report of the Associated Press. Clinton said Wednesday in Singapore that Ambassador Stephen Bosworth is still planning to go to Pyongyang to persuade communist North Korea to return to six-nation disarmament negotiations. North Korea walked away from nuclear disarmament talks earlier this year. Naval warships from North and South Korea briefly exchanged gunfire Tuesday in the waters off Korea"s west coast. --SPA 11:08 LOCAL TIME 08:08 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/717902