North Korea Demands Two-Way Talks, U.S. Refuses
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SEOUL/WASHINGTON  - North Korea demanded bilateral  talks with the United States over its nuclear weapons program  but Washington quickly rejected the idea on Friday and insisted  Pyongyang return to six-party negotiations.
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North Korea called Wednesday for direct talks with the United States over a potential missile test, but the Bush administration rejected the overture, saying threats aren&#039;t the way to seek dialogue.
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North Korea boasted publicly for the first time Thursday that it has nuclear weapons and said it will stay away from disarmament talks, dramatically raising the stakes in the 2-year-old dispute. The Bush administration called on Pyongyang to give up its atomic aspirations so life can be better for its impoverished people.
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North Korea will find it difficult to return to nuclear talks if the United States keeps insisting that Pyongyang renounce peaceful as well as military atomic activities, the North&#39;s main newspaper said on Tuesday.
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North Korea said it was "impossible" to hold new talks with the United States aimed at ending a stand-off over the communist country's nuclear weapons drive.
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South Korea urged the United States to try talking to North Korea instead of taking a hard line over its nuclear plans, while Pyongyang said it would be "quite possible" to solve the crisis if Washington changed its stance.
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North Korea is urging an end to what it calls U.S. hostility, while Washington believes the time is ripe for real progress when six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs restart on Monday.
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North Korea on Tuesday rejected further talks on its nuclear program and blamed the breakdown in negotiations directly on the United States, claiming Washington wants to rule the world.
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North Korea says it sees no reason to join a working-level meeting with the United States to prepare for further six-party talks on the communist state&#39;s nuclear weapons development.
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North Korea has set tough terms for a freeze of one of its nuclear facilities, demanding that the United States exceed commitments made under a Clinton-era deal that the Bush administration previously derided as inadequate.
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North Korea is making a mistake by  refusing to resume six-way talks on its nuclear arms programs  before the U.S. presidential election next month, U.S. Deputy  Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Tuesday.
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Washington urged North Korea on Monday to stop haggling and seal a deal on ending its nuclear arms ambitions after six-party talks snagged on Pyongyang's demand for energy aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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The United States urged reclusive North Korea to get out of the "nuclear business" on Thursday and said it will not accept Pyongyang as a nuclear power.
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North Korea says it will not return to stalled talks on its nuclear programme until the US clarifies its position.
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North Korea, which has boycotted  six-party talks about its nuclear program since last November,  will not get a better deal even after a change of the Bush  administration, a U.S. envoy to the talks said on Monday.
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The U.S. and North Korea are talking again, but will Pyongyang keep its promise to abandon nuclear weapons?
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The two Koreas ended four days of talks on Friday unable to agree on anything other than to keep in touch, with the North demanding rice aid and the South refusing until its impoverished neighbor starts nuclear disarmament.