South Korea to wrap up rice import talks soon
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SEOUL: South Korea said it would wrap up this year talks with nine rice-exporting countries on a new rice policy that could double imports by â14.
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Stalled six-party talks on North Korea's  nuclear program could resume as soon as President Bush finishes  putting together his new diplomatic team, South Korean  President Roh Moo-hyun said Thursday.
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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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South Korea's foreign minister sounded a note of caution ahead of six-nation talks on freezing the North's nuclear program, saying Wednesday there is far to go before a final agreement is reached. The negotiations &#151; which involve the United States, the two Koreas, China, Russia and Japan &#151; are set to resume Feb. 8 in Beijing.
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Japan and the Philippines have agreed on key parts of a free trade pact but need a few more months to put finishing touches on the landmark accord between the World War II foes, officials said Tuesday.
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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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This week's talks between Japan and North  Korea show that efforts to hold another round of six-party  negotiations on the North's nuclear program are gathering pace,  South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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Leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific nations are expected to call on Sunday for a final conclusion to world trade talks that have dragged on for six years, ending a two-day summit dominated by climate change and trade.
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JAKARTA -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to start free-trade negotiations with Japan and South Korea next year and expects to wrap up talks within two years, ministers said.
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Expected international talks on North Korea's nuclear program to firm up a deadline for the country to disable its facilities so it can no longer produce weapons have been postponed, regional officials said Monday.
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International disarmament talks on North Korea's nuclear program will resume in Beijing next week, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
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Stalled six-party talks on North Korea's  nuclear program could resume as soon as President Bush finishes  putting together his new diplomatic team, South Korean  President Roh Moo-hyun said on Thursday.
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North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator plans to visit the United States within days for follow-up talks on a recent disarmament deal, South Korean news reports said Saturday.
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South Korea has said it wants a binding written agreement to emerge from next week's six-nation talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
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The two Koreas tried to mend relations at cabinet-level talks on Tuesday, but the North's refusal to act on a nuclear disarmament deal could lead Seoul to delay rice aid promised to its impoverished neighbor.
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North and South Korea agreed on Thursday to restart high-level talks, paving the way for food aid to resume after this week's breakthrough energy-for-disarmament deal with Pyongyang.
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South Korea agreed to resume high-level talks with North Korea that could restart major aid shipments despite calls for caution over an international deal on Pyongyang's nuclear programmes.