Nations seek flexibility to end NKorea nuclear impasse
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The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan called Sunday for flexibility to end a complex financial dispute blocking North Korea&#39;s nuclear disarmament.
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South Korea is pressing the United States to show greater flexibility in its efforts to restart nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, the unification ministry said.
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China agreed Monday to put pressure on  North Korea to return to six-party talks on its nuclear  programs but told Secretary of State Colin Powell that  Washington needed to be more flexible to resolve the crisis.
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BEIJING, Dec. 18 -- Long-stalled negotiations on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program resumed Monday in an atmosphere of pessimism, with Pyongyang insisting it must be regarded as a nuclear power and the United States demanding swift action to make the Korean Peninsula nuclear-free.
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BEIJING, Feb. 11 -- Deadlocked over energy aid to North Korea, envoys to six-nation denuclearization talks decided Sunday night to give themselves one more day to come up with an agreement on the first steps toward getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
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Diplomatic efforts are underway to persuade North Korea to continue participating in the dialogue on its nuclear-weapons programs, after Pyongyang indicated its reluctance to attend further negotiations. Both China and Australia&#39;s foreign minister are ...
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US President George W Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao have agreed to push for a diplomatic end to the crisis over North Korea&#39;s nuclear programs.
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TOKYO Top diplomats from Japan, South Korea and the United States said Friday that they were committed to resuming six-nation talks this month in hopes of persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, officials said.
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A divided UN Security Council struggled to find common ground on how to react to North Korea's plan to test a nuclear bomb, with the United States demanding a tough &quot;strategic response&quot; and China urging restraint.
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Support from allies becomes crucial in solving crises both nuclear and conventional
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Six countries reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on initial steps toward North Korea's nuclear disarmament that could usher in the first concrete progress after more than three years of talks marked by delays, deadlock and the communist country's first nuclear test explosion.
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Negotiators from the United States and North Korea will sit down with other regional powers for the first time in 13 months to determine the nuclear fate of the peninsula, with the North's first atomic weapons test adding pressure for elusive results.
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Countries around the globe urged North  Korea Friday to return to talks on ending its nuclear programs  after it said it had nuclear weapons and had pulled out of  disarmament discussions.
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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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Senior officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan held talks on Friday aimed at arranging a fresh round of six-party negotiations on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs as doubts grew about the outlook for discussions later this month.
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The United States and Japan on Wednesday called on G8 partners to take a tough line against North Korea&#39;s nuclear arsenal, warning their patience with the reclusive state is running out.
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Challenged by the UN nuclear chief to prove their nuclear programs are peaceful, North Korea said it would scrap its &quot;nuclear deterrence&quot; if the US ended its hostile policy and Iran said negotiations with three European countries may &quot;bring fruit.