US Not Aiming to Topple N.Korean Regime-Report
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The United States has decided to aim for a gradual transformation in North Korea rather than seek to topple North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's regime, a Japanese newspaper said Saturday.
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SEOUL -- Denying it has any nuclear weapons ambitions, South Korea insisted yesterday that a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists will not derail US-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea's nuclear programs.
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The United States on Thursday played down an earlier warning to North Korea over its plans for a nuclear test, saying it was not threatening Pyongyang with "lethal" action.
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World News, SEOUL: North Korea brushed aside today Washington&#39;s suggestion that Pyongyang had much to gain from returning to talks on its nuclear programmes, saying the US approach was a &#39;&#39;crafty trick&#39;&#39; to win presidential election votes.
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North Korea has denied that portraits of its leader, Kim Jong-il, have been taken down, calling such reports a US plot to overthrow its government.
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The Bush administration's tactics for disarming North Korea are not working, two key U.S. supporters of talks with Pyongyang told Secretary of State Colin Powell this week. But the administration is downplaying a rift with its partners on the sensitive issue &#151; which has been a subject of repeated sparring by President Bush and Democratic opponent John Kerry.
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The abrupt end to normalization talks between Japan and nuclear-armed North Korea is not expected to hamper Washington's own negotiations to establish diplomatic ties with the Stalinist state, a US State Department official said Friday.
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North Korea has not changed its mind about ending its nuclear programme, leader Kim Jong-il reportedly says.
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The United States on Thursday played  down an earlier warning to North Korea over its plans for a  nuclear test, saying it was not threatening Pyongyang with  "lethal" action.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed cautious optimism Thursday that North Korea would stick to a deal to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.
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SEOUL : North Korea says it will not return to international talks on its nuclear weapons programme until the lineup of a new US administration emerges and Washington drops its &quot;hostile policy&quot; toward the communist state.
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North Korea will never dismantle its  nuclear arsenal and will not resume talks on its atomic  programs unless the United States drops its "hostile" policy,  the North's official KCNA news agency said on Saturday.
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North Korea will find it difficult to return to nuclear talks if the United States keeps insisting that Pyongyang renounce peaceful as well as military atomic activities, the North&#39;s main newspaper said on Tuesday.
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North Korea says it can "never dismantle" its nuclear arsenal while US policy towards it remains hostile.
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Washington shrugged off harsh verbal attacks from North Korea against US President George W. Bush, saying that the insults would not hinder efforts to end nuclear crisis on the peninsula.
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North Korea will never dismantle its  nuclear arsenal and will not resume talks on its atomic  programs unless the United States drops its hostile policy, the  North's official KCNA news agency said on Saturday.
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US officials believe the next round of talks with North Korea over its suspect nuclear program will only be delayed by a week, the State Department said Wednesday.