U.S., North Korea caution on hope for nuclear deal
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The prospect of initial steps toward ending North Korea's nuclear arms program brightened a little on Friday as negotiators considered a plan for Pyongyang to suspend operations at a nuclear plant within two months.
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SEOUL/TOKYO  - North Korea threatened on Saturday  to double the size of its nuclear deterrent and the United  States rejected its conditions for a resumption of talks,  leaving the two nations in a dangerous stalemate.
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North Korea was reluctant to accept a United States plan to give up its nuclear program but would probably attend the next round of talks on the impasse, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said after a brief visit to Pyongyang.
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The United States and its negotiating partners are ready to resume talks with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program but North Korea has not agreed, a State Department spokesman said Thursday.
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The Bush administration is trying to keep a lid on growing frustration over faltering talks to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons as criticism surfaces from hardliners in the wings, experts say.
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Negotiators over North Korea's nuclear program prepared on Thursday to consider a proposed deal that promises rare progress toward disarmament, as Pyongyang said it was willing to consider initial steps.
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The prospect of initial steps toward ending North Korea's nuclear arms programme brightened on Friday as negotiators considered a plan for Pyongyang to suspend operations at its nuclear facilities within two months.
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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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North Korea appears increasingly willing to bargain over the terms of ending its nuclear programs, prompting cautious optimism that some sort of agreement may be reached when the six-nation disarmament talks reconvene next week in Beijing, U.S. and Asian officials close to the talks said.
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The U.S. and North Korea are talking again, but will Pyongyang keep its promise to abandon nuclear weapons?
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Prospects of ending North Korea's  nuclear arms ambitions brightened a little on Friday as  negotiators considered a plan for Pyongyang to suspend  activities at a nuclear plant as a first step to dismantlement.
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North Korea, facing a looming deadline in a nuclear disarmament deal, blamed the United States on Monday for hurting the prospects for peace on the Korean peninsula with plans to attack the reclusive state.
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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 North Korea 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 United States hailed a landmark deal to rein in North Korea's nuclear programme as an example for Iran, as key powers warned Wednesday of a long road ahead to implement the accord.
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North Korea will find it difficult to return to nuclear talks if the United States keeps insisting that Pyongyang renounce peaceful as well as military atomic activities, the North&#39;s main newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Six-way talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program resumed on Saturday with a dim promise of progress, but envoys remained cautious as the United States spoke of at least one hurdle in their way.
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Analysis: Why something like optimism hovers over the talks on Pyongyang's nukes