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 said Monday that it will not resume talks on its nuclear weapons program until the Bush administration ends its &quot;hostile policy&quot; against Pyongyang and
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North Korean and US officials met this week to discuss the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula. It appears they came no closer to resuming multilateral
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The United States on Friday rejected  North Korea's demands for direct talks over its nuclear weapons  program and insisted on six-party negotiations.
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The U.S. State Department denied on   Wednesday that its top negotiator with North Korea sought to   contact Pyongyang while on a recent trip to Asia.
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North Korea is proposing holding military  talks with the United States, the official Korean Central News  Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday, less than a week before a new  round of talks on Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear arms program is due to  begin.
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SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday it would not return to international talks on its nuclear weapons programme until the line-up of a new US administration emerges and Washington drops its âhostile policyâ toward the communist state.
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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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North Korea ruled out Monday attending  proposed six-way working-level talks on its nuclear arms  programs and questioned the entire negotiating process, blaming  hostile U.S. policy for Pyongyang's tougher stance.
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BEIJING -- North Korea demanded a bilateral dialogue with the United States yesterday, a day after it declared itself a nuclear power, but the Bush administration quickly rejected the demand and insisted that Pyongyang return to six-party talks on its nuclear program.
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SEOUL -- North Korea urged its impoverished people yesterday to rally around Stalinist leader Kim Jong Il, after Washington rebuffed the communist North's demand that the two sides hold bilateral talks to curb nuclear tension.
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North Korea was reluctant to accept a United States plan to give up its nuclear program but would probably attend the next round of talks on the impasse, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said after a brief visit to Pyongyang.
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North Korea and the United States stood poles apart on Monday as talks on scrapping the communist state's nuclear arms resumed after a year-long hiatus.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Saturday that he would not accept North Korean conditions for resuming the six-way talks.
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North Korea called on Friday for military talks with the United States for peace and security on the peninsula, with Washington saying it can discuss a peace treaty after Pyongyang abandons its nuclear arms program.
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The United States have gone into another round of direct talks with North Korea despite reporting no progress in the campaign to convince Pyongyang to give up its nuclear arms.
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North Korea called on Friday for military talks with the United States for peace and security on the peninsula, with Washington saying it can discuss a peace treaty after Pyongyang abandons its nuclear weapons program.