N.Korea says ready to take early steps in nuclear talks
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North Korea is willing to take initial steps toward ending its nuclear arms program, South Korean officials said after six-party talks opened on Thursday, hinting at rare progress in talks which have ended in stalemate for years.
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North Korea on Friday eased its tough stance against the United States, saying it is willing to resume stalled six-way talks on its nuclear weapons if Washington is ready to consider its demands.
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North Korea wants to restart six-party talks on its nuclear programs urgently but still wants certain conditions met, a top U.N. official told South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Thursday.
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North Korea has said an early resumption of six-party talks on its nuclear arms programme will be difficult, and it wants to see how US President George W. Bush deals
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Six-party negotiations on winding up Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program resume on Thursday, with hopes raised for progress on at least the first steps after milestone talks between U.S. and North Korean envoys last month.
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North Korea is fully prepared to shut  down its nuclear facilities and allow inspections, a South  Korean official said in New York, where envoys from Pyongyang  and Washington are set to begin rare talks on improving ties.
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North Korea set out sweeping demands on Monday for scrapping its nuclear arms and the United States warned that its patience was running out -- an inauspicious start to six-party talks after a year-long hiatus.
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NEW YORK - The United States and North Korea were set to begin groundbreaking talks Monday as a first step toward normalizing ties and cementing Pyongyang's commitment to scrapping its nuclear arms program.
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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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North Korea could agree to implement a &quot;first tranche&quot; of measures to end its nuclear weapons program during the upcoming round of six-nation talks in Beijing next week, the top US negotiator said.
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South Korea says the newly re-elected US president has agreed to seek early talks on N Korea's nuclear programme.
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The key players in international efforts to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions are picking up the pace in what has become a protracted ritual of talking about talks and discussing how to entice the North's recalcitrant government back into negotiations.
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SEOUL -- North Korea set three conditions yesterday to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks on its nuclear programs.
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A US delegation says North Korea is ready to return to stalled talks on its nuclear programme.
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The chief U.S. envoy to talks on North Korea's nuclear program said Wednesday that negotiations were entering a "very important phase" ahead of a session in Beijing that the North has described as make-or-break
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North Korea set three conditions Friday  to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks  on its nuclear programs.
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North Korea set three conditions on Friday to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks on its nuclear programs.