N Korea 'waits for new US policy'
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North Korea says it will not return to stalled talks on its nuclear programme until the US clarifies its position.
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The US says it is not ready to engage broadly with North Korea despite warmer relations recently.
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The United States expects North Korea to maintain a freeze on missile tests, President Bush&#039;s spokesman said Sunday.
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North Korea is committed to joining another round of six-party talks on its nuclear crisis but is waiting to see the post-election mood of the United States, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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South Korea will likely wait until North  Korea returns to talks before dealing with a request for  fertilizer to help its faltering agricultural sector, a South  Korean government minister said on Monday.
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North Korea remains committed to six-party talks over its nuclear weapons programs but the US presidential elections are influencing its decisions, a British minister has stated after returning from Pyongyang.
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The US intelligence community is in the grip of an internal debate on whether new data on North Korea should be interpreted as a sign the country is preparing for its first nuclear weapons test, US administration officials said.
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The United States wants a diplomatic initiative to end the crisis over North Korea&#39;s nuclear program. However, a US official has dismissed any idea that Washington is about to soften its stance.
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The United States will not accept North Korean demands as &quot;conditions&quot; for the resumption of stalled talks on resolving the Korean nuclear deadlock but Pyongyang is free to raise them if it returns to the table, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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The chief US negotiator with North Korea has said he expects progress in next week's multinational talks on scrapping its nuclear weapons.
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A fresh round of six-party talks on  ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions may take place in the  next 10 days or so, a senior State Department official said on  Friday.
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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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WASHINGTON A top Bush administration official says North Korea is stalling talks on its nuclear weapons program until after the November elections.
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North Korea said on Saturday it would not  return to six-country talks on its nuclear program until  President Bush spelled out his second term policies and ended  what it called his hostile attitude.
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North Korea on Friday proposed direct military talks with the United States, ahead of scheduled six-party talks concerning Pyongyang's nuclear arms program.
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North Korea threatened on Saturday to  double the size of its nuclear deterrent if the United States  did not drop what Pyongyang sees as a confrontational policy  aimed at unseating the communist leadership there.
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North Korea said today it could resume six-nation talks on its nuclear weapons programmes if the US agrees to change its policy toward the communist state.