What North Korea Wants
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Some in Washington say Pyongyang can't be trusted. Others say it will make credible deal if the price is right
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South Korea says it wants to see a peaceful solution to the controversy over North Korea's programme.
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North Korea heads into talks with the region's main powers this week with signs the impoverished state may be ready to agree to an initial deal over demands it stop building a nuclear arsenal in exchange for aid.
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North Korea repeated its demand during talks with the United States this week that Washington lift financial restrictions on the communist regime, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper reported Thursday.
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North Korea said on Saturday it will not abandon its nuclear programmes until the United States gives up what Pyongyang regards as a "hostile" policy toward it and drops financial restrictions imposed last year.
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North Korea on Friday announced it would return to six-party nuclear talks and would consider treating the United States as a "friend," shortly after a visiting U.S. congressional delegation said the North appeared ready to negotiate.
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Analysis: North Korea watchers are divided by the Dear Leader's promise to shut down a controversial nuclear reactor.  Is Kim playing straight or still playing games?
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This week's talks between Japan and North  Korea show efforts to hold more six-party talks on the North's  nuclear plans are gathering pace and most countries want a  meeting before the year ends, South Korea said on Wednesday.
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SEOUL -- North Korea set three conditions yesterday to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks on its nuclear programs.
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North Korea is urging an end to what it calls U.S. hostility while Washington believes the time is ripe for real progress when six-party talks seeking to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs restart on Monday.
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BEIJING -- The United States demanded yesterday that North Korea offer real steps to nuclear disarmament at six-country negotiations, which China announced would resume on Feb. 8 in Beijing. A US Treasury official said that talks with Pyongyang on a financial standoff that has overshadowed the nuclear negotiations were inching forward.
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North Korea has responded to a personal letter from President Bush, saying Pyongyang will meet its obligations under a disarmament-for-aid deal and expects the U.S. to do the same, White House officials said Friday.
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North Korea set conditions for resuming the six-nation talks on its nuclear program, including the US dropping its ``hostile policy&#39;&#39; toward the communist nation, the official Korean Central News Agency said.
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North Korea's military calls for direct talks with the US, to discuss security on the Korean peninsula.
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By TED BRIDIS WASHINGTON - The Bush administration wants North Korea's attention, so like a scolding parent it's trying to make it tougher for that country's eccentric leader to buy iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters. The U.S.
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Britain hopes North Korea may be willing to admit international human rights monitors for the first time, a minister who visited the secretive communist state last week said Monday.
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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.