U.S. working toward accord to end Korean War: WSJ
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U.S. strategists are exploring how to implement a peace accord to officially end the 1950-53 Korean War and hope to start discussions with North Korea as soon as year end, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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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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U.S. and North Korean officials held talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing diplomatic ties as part of an agreement under which Pyongyang has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs in exchange for aid.
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Any steps agreed on by North Korea at talks this week on ending its nuclear arms program should be carried out within three months, but the talks in Beijing won't resolve everything, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill said on Tuesday.
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U.S. and South Korean war games on the  divided peninsula have the effect of holding a gun to North  Korea's head and could hamper efforts to negotiate an end to  its nuclear weapons development, Pyongyang said.
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Chief U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill cautioned on Wednesday that difficult work remained to implement an energy-for-arms agreement with North Korea.
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The chief nuclear negotiators of North Korea and the United States are planning to visit each other's capital soon, a diplomatic source in Seoul was quoted as saying in a South Korean news report on Thursday.
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U.S. and North Korean negotiators start talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing diplomatic ties as part of a agreement under which Pyongyang has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs for aid.
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The U.S. and South Korea will begin a third round of free-trade talks, hoping to make progress toward an accord that could be the biggest of its kind for the U.S. since the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1993.
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The chief U.S. envoy in nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea said on Monday he hopes moves toward ending Pyongyang's nuclear armament program can return to a tight timeline now that a banking dispute has been settled.
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The United States has seen signs in recent days that North Korea is preparing to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear complex as called for under a six-country agreement, a U.S. official said on Monday, but other officials were more cautious.
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The United States and South Korea discussed a possible peace treaty for the Korean peninsula when a State Department official visited here last week, Seoul officials said.
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South Korea said on Sunday that the United States had proposed some revisions to a free trade agreement between the two countries, in areas including labor rights, environment and investment.
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Time is running out for a peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue and the United States must negotiate directly with Pyongyang if it truly wants a solution, Asian experts warned on Monday.
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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 on Saturday.
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The United States wants tangible  progress in a new round of six-party talks on ending North  Korea's nuclear ambitions set to start this weekend, the top  U.S. negotiator on North Korea said on Wednesday.
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U.S. troops will remain on the Korean  peninsula even if the North and South reach a peace deal to  replace the armistice that ended their 1950-1953 war, South  Korea's foreign minister said on Friday.