The US and North Korea near diplomatic thaw
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The North says the US already agreed to take it off the list of terrorism-sponsoring states.
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United States Secretary of State Colin Powell said on October 21, âWe will not enter direct negotiationsâ with North Korea regarding the nuclear programs and added, âNo remuneration in any form will be given until the US is positive that North Korea
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The two Koreas will try to mend relations at cabinet-level talks on Tuesday, but the North's refusal to act on a nuclear disarmament deal could lead Seoul to delay rice aid promised to its impoverished neighbor.
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US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill could still travel to North Korea for a bilateral meeting if Pyongyang agrees to restart stalled talks on nuclear disarmament, the US ambassador in Seoul said.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell, making possibly his last official visit to northeast Asia in the shadows of the US presidential election, said yesterday there was a &quot;sense of urgency&quot; in dealing with North Korea&#39;s rogue nuclear program.
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Senior envoys from the US and North Korea are to meet in Geneva to discuss ways of normalising relations.
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The United States and South Korea plan to  announce on Wednesday a three-year delay in plans to cut the  number of U.S. troops stationed on the Cold War frontline to  protect the U.S. ally against reclusive communist North Korea.
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The United States and North Korea will meet in New York next Monday and Tuesday to discuss the normalization of relations, the State Department said on Wednesday but played down expectations of any breakthrough.
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North Korea hosted U.S. envoys at its mission in Geneva on Sunday for the second and final day of talks aimed at smoothing relations between the 1950-53 Korean War opponents and speeding up Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament.
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South Korea and the United States have agreed that US troop strength in the Asian country will be reduced at a much slower pace than originally announced.
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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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President Bush said Thursday that the United States is seeking a diplomatic solution to the nuclear standoff with North Korea, but cautioned that diplomacy will take time.
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The United States warned North Korea Monday of potential economic and political fallout after the Stalinist state failed to meet a year-end deadline to come clean on its nuclear activity.
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US officials met twice last week with North Korean officials in New York to tell them the US was ready to resume nuclear negotiations and wanted to resolve the issue diplomatically, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said.
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While talks between the U.S. and North Korea seem to be progressing, Tokyo and Pyongyang are at an impasse
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North Korea says the United States must either change or clarify its position on Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear program before the six-party talks resume.
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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