N.Korea Says South Has Nuclear Arms, Rejects Talks
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North Korea Saturday dashed the South's hope of quickly resuming bilateral talks between the two old Cold War enemies, declaring there is no hope for progress unless South Korea's nuclear experiments are fully investigated.
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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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North Korea said it was "impossible" to hold new talks with the United States aimed at ending a stand-off over the communist country's nuclear weapons drive.
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North Korea has apparently decided against holding six-party talks on dismantling its suspected nuclear arms programs until after the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential election, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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North Korea is willing to take initial steps toward ending its nuclear arms program, South Korean officials said after six-party talks opened on Thursday, hinting at rare progress in talks which have ended in stalemate for years.
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: South Korea today expressed frustration over North Korea&#39;s reluctance to resume talks on its nuclear weapons programme, but said it was important to encourage the communist state to return to negotiations rather than impose sanctions.
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SEOUL -- North Korea suggested yesterday that it would not participate in further six-party negotiations over its nuclear program because of recent revelations that scientists in South Korea had illegally experimented with producing fissile material for nuclear weapons.
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The United States and South Korea have played down suggestions that a massive explosion in North Korea last week was caused by a nuclear device.
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North Korea's declaration that it  possesses nuclear weapons does not make it a nuclear weapons  state, South Korea's unification minister said on Monday.
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North Korea declares itself a nuclear power and spurns the six-party talks, dashing hopes that Kim Jong Il can be coaxed down from his diplomatic ledge
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Countries involved in talks on ending   North Korea's nuclear weapons program plan to hold discussions   soon excluding Pyongyang, the chief South Korean and U.S.   envoys to the stalled discussions said on Monday.
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North Korea will not abandon its nuclear weapons until the United States gives up what Pyongyang regards as a "hostile" policy toward it and drops financial sanctions, its envoy to nuclear talks said on Saturday.
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South Korea has shrugged off North Korean criticism of the South&#39;s experiments with nuclear materials as familiar posturing that would not rule out the mercurial communist North&#39;s return to atomic arms talks.
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South Korea Monday shrugged off North Korean criticism of the South's experiments with nuclear materials as familiar posturing that would not rule out the mercurial communist North's return to atomic arms talks.
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South Korea has no nuclear weapons program or capability and an unsanctioned uranium enrichment experiment four years ago was a by-product of tests
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South Korea is working with its  diplomatic partners to try to hold nuclear talks with North  Korea this month, but recent North Korean comments suggested no  grounds for optimism, the South's foreign minister said on  Friday. There are plans to hold a fourth round of nuclear  negotiations among the two Koreas, the United States, China,  Japan and Russia by the end of September as the countries  agreed at the previous session in June.
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South Korea welcomed on Saturday the U.N. nuclear watchdog's decision not to refer Seoul's atomic experiments to the Security Council and said is should not affect nuclear talks with North Korea.