U.S. nuclear envoy on surprise trip to North Korea
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The U.S. envoy to nuclear talks with North Korea arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday to discuss the next steps under a disarmament deal, a surprise trip analysts said showed both sides were eager for swift progress.
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A visit by the U.N. atomic watchdog to  Pyongyang set for next week is on hold, a North Korean official  said on Thursday, casting uncertainty over disarmament moves  even as the top U.S. nuclear envoy made a surprise trip to the  North.
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U.N. nuclear watchdog officials visiting North Korea traveled on Thursday to a reactor complex that the secretive state has promised to mothball under an aid-for-disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency reported.
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Talks and fuel aid aimed at coaxing  North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program could move  ahead in coming weeks, the U.S. nuclear envoy said on Sunday,  welcoming Pyongyang&#39;s invitation to U.N. inspectors.
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Assistant Secretary of State Christopher R. Hill today made a surprise trip to the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, marking the highest level visit by a U.S. official since the crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions began nearly five years ago.
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A former US envoy to the United Nations has held a rare meeting with North Korean officials and said he expected &quot;good progress&quot; at the upcoming nuclear talks with Pyongyang.
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A U.S. diplomat will visit Pyongyang this week to try to advance a multilateral deal under which North Korea agreed to disclose its nuclear programs and ultimately to abandon them, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State   Christopher Hill said on Monday that North Korea is showing no   interest in returning to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons   program. Hill, the top U.S. point man on North Korea, arrived   in Japan at the start of an Asian tour that will also take him   to Beijing and Seoul.
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US envoy Christopher Hill is reportedly travelling to North Korea to discuss its nuclear programme.
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North Korea's chief nuclear envoy left  for Beijing on Tuesday to meet a U.S. diplomat visiting the  Chinese capital and will discuss a delay in a nuclear  disarmament deal, Yonhap news agency reported.
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A top U.S. nuclear envoy, who met South Korea's president-elect on Thursday, said it was possible to end North Korea's nuclear arms program this year despite Pyongyang missing a deadline in a disarmament deal.
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The U.S. envoy to talks on disarming North Korea was hopeful that a new negotiating session that opened on Thursday could set targets for the complete disabling of the country's nuclear programs.
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Talks and fuel aid aimed at coaxing North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program could move ahead in coming weeks, the U.S. nuclear envoy said on Sunday, welcoming Pyongyang's invitation to U.N. inspectors.
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The chief U.S. envoy in nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea said on Tuesday he wanted U.N. officers visiting the reclusive state next week to strike a quick deal to shut its reactor and source of bomb-grade plutonium.
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A group of foreign diplomats left Pyongyang on Thursday to visit the scene of a mysterious explosion in North Korea, an embassy official said.
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A team of U.S. officials and nuclear experts crossed the heavily armed border into North Korea on Tuesday on a rare visit to survey the communist state's nuclear facilities.
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Christopher Hill, the US envoy dealing with the scrapping of North Korea's nuclear programs, will travel to Asia at the end of the week, the State Department said Wednesday.