S. Korea, US agree to step up efforts to resume N. Korea nuke ...
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SEOUL - US President George W. Bush and his South Korean counterpart Roh Moo-Hyun have agreed to step up efforts to resume multilateral talks aimed to end North Koreaâs nuclear weapons programme, officials said on Saturday.
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The U.S. and South Korea will begin a third round of free-trade talks, hoping to make progress toward an accord that could be the biggest of its kind for the U.S. since the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1993.
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President George W. Bush said US allies will work together to pressure North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program and sought to revive stalled talks with the communist regime on the issue.
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Â· South Korea's president forces promise at summit Â· Kim Jong-il told to give up nuclear programme
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North Korea offered to meet a U.S. request that it declare and disable its nuclear programs by the end of the year, South Korea said Wednesday, indicating its will to comply with a disarmament pledge after shutting down its sole operating reactor.
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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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North Korea, the United States and host China agreed after two days of meetings on Wednesday to push for an early resumption of stalled six-party talks on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear program, but no date was set.
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Six-party talks on winding up North Korea's nuclear weapons program resume on Thursday, with Pyongyang pressing the United States to "abandon its hostile policy" as they negotiate first steps.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The United States and Japan expect North Korea to keep to an agreement to begin work on scrapping its nuclear weapons program, U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday.
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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 talks on ending Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear weapons programs.
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The United States pressed Friday for a swift resumption of North Korea nuclear talks, firmly underscoring its commitment to the six-party format.
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The US says it hopes North Korea nuclear talks could resume in July, as UN monitors head to Pyongyang.
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South Korea is working with its  diplomatic partners to try to hold nuclear talks with North  Korea this month, but recent North Korean comments suggested no  grounds for optimism, the South's foreign minister said on  Friday. There are plans to hold a fourth round of nuclear  negotiations among the two Koreas, the United States, China,  Japan and Russia by the end of September as the countries  agreed at the previous session in June.
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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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The United States was pinning hopes on more one-on-one talks with North Korea on Wednesday to achieve progress at multinational negotiations on dismantling the communist state's nuclear arms program.
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SEOUL: US Secretary of State Colin Powell joined South Korea on Tuesday in seeking to restart talks on North Koreaâs nuclear ambitions right after US elections, but Pyongyang said this was impossible.
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A US delegation says North Korea is ready to return to stalled talks on its nuclear programme.