U.S. presses North Korea to act at talks
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The United States demanded on Tuesday that North Korea offer real steps to nuclear disarmament at six-country negotiations, which China announced would resume on February 8 in Beijing.
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North Korea appealed at high-level talks Thursday for aid from South Korea, which appeared resistant to promising major assistance until Pyongyang keeps its pledge to start dismantling its nuclear weapons program.
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South Korea is pressing the United States to show greater flexibility in its efforts to restart nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, the unification ministry said.
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U.S. and North Korean diplomats met face-to-face Tuesday to discuss international efforts to get the communist regime to give up its nuclear arms program and the North's demand for Washington to stop trying to freeze it out of the global banking system.
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SEOUL, South Korea  -- North Korea's military proposed Friday holding direct talks with U.S. forces, an unusual plea amid recent progress on the nuclear standoff between the two countries.
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North Korea on Monday blamed the United States for the stalemate in talks on its nuclear weapons programs, and warned it would use a &quot;war deterrent force&quot; if Washington brought the nuclear dispute before the UN Security Council.
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A U.S. Congressional delegation met North Korean officials Thursday in an effort to persuade the communist regime to rejoin six-party talks over halting its nuclear weapons programs.
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Top negotiators from the United States and North Korea met on Saturday for two days of talks meant to advance an international drive to end Pyongyang's nuclear program.
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North Korea on Friday spurned appeals to join talks on its nuclear and missile programs, saying the United States should drop financial sanctions before any negotiations occur. A U.S. envoy said the communist nation was sinking deeper into isolation.
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TOKYO Secretary of State Colin Powell says North Korea should set aside concerns about so-called &quot;hostile acts&quot; by the US and rejoin nuclear disarmament talks.
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The United States and South Korea agreed  on Wednesday to keep pushing North Korea to join some form of  talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programs before the end of the  year, Yonhap news agency reported.
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Calling it a matter of urgency, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday North Korea should resume participation in nuclear disarmament talks and set aside its concerns about new "hostile acts" by the United States against the communist government.
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North Korea wants bilateral nuclear talks  with the United States but would rejoin stalled six-party  meetings at once if Washington dropped its "hostile policy"  toward Pyongyang, the communist state said on Friday.
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North Korea urged its impoverished people Saturday to rally around Stalinist leader Kim Jong Il, after Washington rebuffed the communist North's demand that the two sides hold bilateral talks to curb nuclear tension.
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North Korea called Wednesday for direct talks with the United States over a potential missile test, but the Bush administration rejected the overture, saying threats aren&#039;t the way to seek dialogue.
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US chief negotiator Christopher Hill called on North Korea Tuesday to speed up the shutdown of its nuclear programme as UN inspectors prepared for their first mission in four years to the communist state.
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WASHINGTON : Diplomatic efforts are underway to hold a preparatory meeting for the six-party talks aimed at ending the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula, the US State Department said.