Finland probes N Korea train row
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The Finnish government is investigating a North Korean complaint that two of its diplomats were thrown off a train.
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SEOUL - North Korea set three conditions on Friday to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks on its nuclear programmes.
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President Tarja Halonen says that debate over Finlands line on foreign policy revolves around the fact that the policy line differs from that which its critics would like it to be.
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Finnish forensic experts have arrived in Nepal to help probe a site believed to contain the remains of people abducted and killed by the army during a bitter civil war, officials said.
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Japan has brushed off a North Korean statement saying it would consider sanctions imposed by Tokyo &quot;a declaration of war,&quot; and renewed calls for penalties on the North for failing to account fully for Japanese citizens it abducted decades ago.
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Japan will seek an explanation at weekend talks with North Korea on activity indicating Pyongyang may be preparing a missile test, although Tokyo does not think a launch is imminent, Japan's top government spokesman said.
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How to verify that North Korea is shutting down its main nuclear reactor will dominate the agenda for a rare U.N. visit this week to the communist nation, a senior nuclear monitor said Monday.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has  visited a military unit, the country's official KCNA news  agency reported Wednesday, just hours after reports surfaced  that his portrait had been removed from some public places.
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The Japanese media reported Friday that the Japanese government believes the North Korean military buildup at missile bases is part of a military drill and that the Japanese plan to ask the North to explain its actions.
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South Korea&#39;s nuclear and uranium experiments that were conducted years ago are under scrutiny at the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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North Korea will conduct a thorough  investigation into the kidnapping of Japanese citizens, a  departure from its stand that the divisive issue has been  settled, a source with ties to Pyongyang said on Thursday.
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South Korea is seeking independent  verification on the nature of a huge blast in North Korea last  week, which its communist neighbor has said was linked to a  hydroelectric scheme, Seoul's defense minister said on Tuesday.
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Japan on Tuesday warned it would consider sanctions against North Korea after accusing the communist country of failing to properly investigate the fates of Japanese citizens it kidnapped years ago.
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Pyongyang says it wants Japan to return the human remains at the centre of a row over a missing woman.
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South Korea proposed on Tuesday the opening of a regular train service with the North at talks that got off to a rough start with Pyongyang calling for the end of U.S.-South Korea military drills and a breach of etiquette.
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Finnish police used tear gas to evict  two North Korean diplomatic couriers from a train after they  refused to show their tickets or identify themselves.
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South Korea is seeking independent verification on the nature of a huge blast in North Korea last week, which its communist neighbor has said was linked to a hydroelectric scheme, Seoul's defense minister said on Tuesday.