North Korea open for new nuclear talks
Pyongyang/Beijing - North Korea said it was willing to engage in bilateral and multilateral talks to end the country's nuclear weapons programme, raising hopes to revive the stalled process, Chinese state media reported Monday. Prime Minister Kim Yon...
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South Korea allows 11 North Korean refugees to stay
Seoul - South Korea on Sunday refused calls by the North to repatriate eleven North Koreans who fled to the South by crossing the countries' sea border. The South Korean Reunification Ministry said the 11 refugees had made known their wish to remain ...
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Clinton: No normal ties with nuclear armed North Korea
Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday that the United States will never establish normalized relations with North Korea as long as the Stalinist state has nuclear weapons. Current sanctions will not be relaxed unt...
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Swedish coach Eriksson linked to North Korea job
London - Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is in talks to manage North Korea at next summer's World Cup, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper. Eriksson, who led England at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, is reported to be heading to...
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North Korea says it has completed plutonium work - Summary
Seoul - North Korea said Tuesday that it has completed reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods to obtain plutonium for nuclear weapons. The work was completed by the end of August at its Yongbyon nuclear facility, the state-run Korean Central News...
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UN: Discussion with North Korea 'more fruitful' now
New York - Talks between the United Nations and North Korea have become much more fruitful, the UN chief of political affairs said Monday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met on Sunday with Pak Gil Yon, North Korea's vice foreign affairs minister,...
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Korean family reunions to resum after two-year break
Seoul - Families separated by the division of the Korean peninsula into North and South Korea are given another brief chance of reunion on Saturday, following a two-year break. The reunions, scheduled from Saturday until Thursday, are to take place i...
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China, Japan, South Korea meet to discuss North Korea
Beijing - The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea held talks on Monday that were expected to focus on international efforts to persuade North Korea to end its nuclear weapons programme. China's foreign ministry gave no immediate details...
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No breakthrough for Wen Jiabao in North Korea
Beijing - China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao failed to achieve a breakthrough on the resumption of international talks about North Korea's nuclear programme during his visit to Pyongyang. North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il made resumption of the six-party...
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Divided Korean families meet up again
Seoul - After decades of separation, families broken up by the division of the Korean Peninsula met in communist North Korea on Saturday. The programme to enable divided families to meet again had been suspended for almost two years due to political ...
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North Korea tests-fires short-range missiles - 3rd Update
Seoul - North Korea on Monday test-fired five short-range missiles off its east coast towards the Sea of Japan, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported, quoting government sources. The missiles were fired into the Korea's East Sea on Monday afte...
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North Korea says it has completed plutonium work - Update
Seoul/Beijing - North Korea said Tuesday it has completed reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods to obtain plutonium for nuclear weapons. The work was completed by the end of August at its Yongbyon nuclear facility, the state-run Korean Central N...
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North Korea says it completed plutonium work
Seoul/Beijing - North Korea said Tuesday it completed reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods to obtain plutonium for nuclear weapons. The work was completed by the end of August at its Yongbyon nuclear facility, the state-run Korean Central News ...
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US, North Korea nuclear envoys meet in New York - Summary
Washington - The US envoy for nuclear talks with North Korea met Saturday in New York with a top North Korean official to discuss the stalled denuclearization talks, the US State Department said. Ri Gun, the deputy chief North Korean negotiator to th...
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