Improved U.S. ties lures North Korea to nuclear deal: Roh
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said on Friday he sees the North Korean government as stable and wanting to resolve the nuclear issue to improve relations with the United States.
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The White House on Thursday sought to ease concern among conservatives, including at least one key aide to President Bush, that a nuclear disarmament deal with North Korea goes too easy on the communist country.
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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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North and South Korea held talks on  Thursday to mend fences broken by Pyongyang's missile and  nuclear tests, buoyed by an energy-for-disarmament deal that  President Bush defended as a "good first step."
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The key players in international efforts to curb North Korea&#39;s nuclear ambitions are picking up the pace in what has become a protracted ritual of talking about talks
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North Korea pledges to boost its "war deterrent", days after missing a deadline for declaring its nuclear activities.
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A top U.S. diplomat said on Friday weekend talks between the United States and North Korea may signal whether the push to end Pyongyang's nuclear programs was beginning to gather speed.
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North Korea said on Friday it would boost its war deterrent, a day after the United States said it was sending its nuclear envoy back to Asia to discuss an atomic disarmament deal on which Pyongyang has missed a deadline.
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Prizing stability above all, Seoul wants Washington to offer more incentives for North Korea's cooperation
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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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The United States showed some new  flexibility in recent talks with North Korea on the nuclear  issue but Pyongyang was unimpressed and is resisting  participation in a new round of formal six-party negotiations,  U.S. officials and experts said on Friday.
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President Roh Moo-hyun focused his summit diplomacy this week on acquiring energy resources for South Korea, the world&#39;s fourth largest energy buyer, and his meetings with the leaders of Russia and Kazakhstan yielded a major stride in bilateral
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North Korea accepted a proposal by Japan to discuss the sensitive issue of Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese citizens as they try to smooth the way toward diplomatic ties, a Japanese official said on Tuesday.
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U.S. and Asian negotiators have struck a tentative deal with North Korea over freezing its nuclear weapons program in exchange for energy assistance.The agreement, announced by U.S. and Chinese officials after marathon overnight discussions, marks a major breakthrough in long-stalled six-nation talks.
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U.S. and North Korean officials started talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing diplomatic ties as part of an agreement under which Pyongyang has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs in exchange for aid.
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The breakthrough nuclear agreement with North Korea could pay wide-ranging dividends for all sides, especially in the area of already improving U.S. relations with China and America's allies, chief U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill said Thursday.
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North Korea agreed on Tuesday to take steps toward nuclear disarmament in exchange for $300 million in aid under a deal President George W. Bush hailed as the best chance to get it to scrap its atomic weapons program.