Deal hopes as Korea talks go on
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Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme are extended amid signs that a deal may be close.
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Negotiators seeking to end North Korea's nuclear arms program were hopeful of ending their latest session in Beijing on Thursday with an agreement on a deadline for crippling the North's atomic facilities.
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Prospects for a thaw between North Korea and its foes brightened on Wednesday as it held talks with Japan in Hanoi, one day after a meeting with U.S. officials in New York that an American envoy described as "very good".
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The two Koreas set up a meeting for Thursday to discuss resuming high-level talks, the first sign of tensions relaxing on the divided peninsula after North Korea signed a breakthrough nuclear disarmament agreement.
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The two Koreas agreed to resume stalled high-level talks later this month in Pyongyang, officials said Thursday, amid signs of easing tensions on the divided peninsula after the North signed a breakthrough disarmament agreement.
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South Korea and United States have picked  up the pace of talks on a trade deal with an end-March deadline  looming, aiming to strike an agreement both countries'  legislatures will approve, the chief U.S. envoy said on Friday.
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Top negotiators from the United States and North Korea said on Saturday they had made progress on the first day of talks meant to advance an international effort to end Pyongyang's nuclear program.
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The US and China say they are confident North Korea will return to six-party talks to end the nuclear stand-off.
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North Korea hopes that a permanent peace treaty with the U.S. will enable it to spend less on its military.
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The two Koreas will hold talks late this month aimed at improving relations, a South Korean official said Thursday, the first sign of easing tensions between the countries after the North signed a nuclear disarmament agreement.
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North and South Korean officials meet in high-level talks this week.
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South Korea and the United States have already begun talks about a possible agreement with North Korea formally ending the 1950-53 war on the peninsula, the US ambassador to Seoul said Thursday.
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U.S. and South Korean negotiators entered their final day of free trade talks Monday, what is expected to be the end of formal negotiations aimed at concluding a landmark deal by the end of March.
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North Korea heads into talks with the region's main powers this week with signs the impoverished state may be ready to agree to an initial deal over demands it stop building a nuclear arsenal in exchange for aid.
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North and South Korea are restoring ties during talks this week following the communist country's pledge to shut down its nuclear reactor
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SEOUL -- North and South Korea are restoring ties during talks this week following the communist country's pledge to shut down its nuclear reactor, paving the way for restoration of aid to the North and reunions for families split by the divided peninsula.
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This week's talks between Japan and North  Korea show efforts to hold more six-party talks on the North's  nuclear plans are gathering pace and most countries want a  meeting before the year ends, South Korea said on Wednesday.