Hopes for progress low as North Korea talks resume
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Six-country talks on scrapping North Korea's nuclear arms resumed on Monday after a one-year standoff, but hopes for swift progress were dim after Pyongyang presented a "department store" of its own demands.
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Japan and North Korea hold talks Wednesday for the first time in six months to discuss tense ties amid rare, albeit cautious, signs of optimism between the arch-foes.
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Six-party negotiations on closing Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program resumed on Thursday, with hopes raised for agreement on first steps after milestone talks between U.S. and North Korean envoys in Berlin last month.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said on Sunday he expected only slow progress in the six-nation talks to end Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions but retained hopes for a diplomatic resolution.
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Envoys at talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear program said Monday that the possibility of a last-minute breakthrough rested solely with Pyongyang, dimming hopes for progress as the negotiations entered their final day.
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BEIJING, Dec. 18 -- Long-stalled negotiations on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program resumed Monday in an atmosphere of pessimism, with Pyongyang insisting it must be regarded as a nuclear power and the United States demanding swift action to make the Korean Peninsula nuclear-free.
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The two Koreas agreed to resume stalled high-level talks later this month in Pyongyang, officials said Thursday, amid signs of easing tensions on the divided peninsula after the North signed a breakthrough disarmament agreement.
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BEIJING -- After a 13-month boycott, a nuclear test, and much posturing, North Korea returns tomorrow to six-nation negotiations that have yielded few results and resume with few expectations.
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The prospects for more six-party talks on  North Korea's nuclear programs are gloomy because the United  States has pushed the negotiations to a stalemate, the North's  official KCNA news agency said on Thursday.
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With global attention focused on whether and when North Korea will return to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program, Pyongyang officials are &quot;sincere&quot; in wanting a denuclearized peninsula and await a &quot;better atmosphere&quot; to resume discussions, a
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Six-country talks on scrapping North Korea's nuclear arms resumed on Monday after a one-year standoff, but hopes for progress were not high after Pyongyang made clear that its priority was ending a U.S. cash squeeze.
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Six-party talks aimed at reining in North Korea1s nuclear program began with cautious optimism as Pyongyang1s envoy said he was ready to discuss initial steps towards disarming
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Bush administration persistence in using diplomacy to solve a nuclear weapons crisis with North Korea is coming up short as the insular regime bobs and weaves away from resuming negotiations.
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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 talks on ending Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear weapons programs.
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Talks to end North Korea's nuclear arms program fell short of an accord on Saturday as a dispute over how to compensate Pyongyang for taking disarmament steps clouded prospects for agreement on an initial plan.
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U.S. and North Korean diplomats failed to reach an agreement Wednesday on when to resume six-nation talks on Pyongyang's disputed nuclear program, but stressed their commitment to moving the process forward.
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Analysis: Why something like optimism hovers over the talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program