North Korea Hints at Breaking Off Japan Talks
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North Korea hinted on Friday at breaking off talks with Japan over the fate of Japanese citizens abducted decades ago, saying Pyongyang no longer sees significance in maintaining contact.
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Japan and North Korea cut short talks on Thursday about establishing diplomatic ties after wrangling again over historical differences, officials said.
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North Korea's plutonium-producing nuclear reactor could be disabled by the end of the year, the top U.S. negotiator said Monday.
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North Korea plans to delay resuming nuclear discussions and has told China that there is no point in continuing the talks at all, a senior US official said yesterday.
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Six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program resume in Beijing on Thursday with the top U.S. envoy denying a Japanese media report that the isolated state had signed a deal with Washington.
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Six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program start in Beijing on Thursday, with a Japanese newspaper reporting that the isolated state has already signed a memorandum with the United States.
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Envoys seeking to end North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions decided to extend talks into Friday as differences emerged on the next steps towards disabling the North's atomic facilities, a Japanese delegate said.
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Washington urged North Korea on Monday to stop haggling and seal a deal on ending its nuclear arms ambitions after six-party talks snagged on Pyongyang's demand for energy aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Japan and North Korea will hold talks next week to discuss the resumption of multilateral negotiations aimed at dismantling the communist nation&#39;s nuclear arms program, a Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said.
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North Korea may conduct another nuclear test or engage in saber rattling next week when it sits down at six-country talks on ending its nuclear weapons programme, South Korea's defense minister warned on Friday.
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The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, initially expected to begin Wednesday, have been postponed, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
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Japan says it will not rush to impose sanctions after North  Korea withdraws from nuclear talks "indefinitely".
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China wants to resume talks on ending North Korea's nuclear arms programme next week, media said on Tuesday, with a session likely to coincide with Pyongyang starting to shut its reactor and weapons-grade plutonium source.
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Japan urged North Korea on Wednesday to comply with its international obligations amid reports the two countries had canceled an afternoon session of talks to establish diplomatic relations
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Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme are extended amid signs that a deal may be close.
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North Korea and Japan briefly resumed talks Thursday as part of a deal aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear programme, a day after they nearly collapsed over the North's abductions of Japanese citizens.
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Senior officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan held talks on Friday aimed at arranging a fresh round of six-party negotiations on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs as doubts grew about the outlook for discussions later this month.