N. Korea tries to &#39;up the ante&#39;
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North Korea&#39;s Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su-hon told the UN General Assembly Monday: &quot;We reprocessed the 8,000 spent fuel rods, and we&#39;ve already declared we weaponized them.
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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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North Korea has brushed aside Washington&#39;s suggestion that Pyongyang had much to gain from returning to talks on its nuclear programmes, saying the US approach was a &quot;crafty trick&quot; to win presidential election votes.
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VIENNA, Austria There&#39;s a new appeal for North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons ambitions. It&#39;s coming from a 137-nation meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Austria.
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Tokyo needs to bolster its missile defence to counter the threat from North Korea, Japan's defence ministry says.
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Having coaxed North Korea to shut an aged reactor, disarmament talks resuming this week face the harder task of persuading Pyongyang to loosen its grip on broader atomic ambitions it has long held vital to survival.
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By heightening the stakes in a two-year standoff, North Korea appears to be gambling that the world will accept the idea of a nuclear nation.
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A dispute over whether North Korea has given the U.S. details of its nuclear programs has become the latest hurdle in efforts to rid the North of its atomic arsenal.
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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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North Korea's neighbors rushed Wednesday to forge a common front against Pyongyang's threat of a nuclear test, announcing a series of summits over the next week to coordinate policy and soothe frayed relations.
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North Korea pledges to boost its 'war deterrent', days after missing a deadline for declaring its nuclear activities.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York North Korea says its effort to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons is meant to serve as a deterrent against increasing US nuclear threats and to prevent a nuclear war in northeast Asia.
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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.
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Intense diplomatic efforts are under way to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons programme.
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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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It has become increasingly apparent that North Korea has no intention of giving up its aspirations for nuclear arms no matter what concessions the US, South Korea and Japan offer, a conclusion
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Impoverished North Korea's first steps to  take apart its nuclear arms program may reap the reward of food  aid from the South when the two hold their first high-level  meeting in months on Tuesday.