North Korea Plays for Hard Bargain with Nuke Boast
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North Korea has taken a calculated  bargaining risk by announcing for the first time it has nuclear  weapons, a South Korean official said Saturday, after the  United States rejected North Korean calls for one-on-one talks.
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Prospects of ending North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions brightened a little on Friday as negotiators considered a plan for Pyongyang to suspend activities at a nuclear plant as a first step to dismantlement.
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North Korea said Friday it is willing to shut down its main nuclear reactor as soon as it receives an initial shipment of energy aid promised as a reward for closing the facility.
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Seems that everywhere U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill goes these days, the North Koreans are never far away. Suspicious types think this is no accident.
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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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Negotiators over North Korea's nuclear program prepared on Thursday to consider a proposed deal that promises rare progress toward disarmament, as Pyongyang said it was willing to consider initial steps.
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Envoys seeking to end North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions sought to forge agreement on Thursday on a deadline for disabling the North's atomic facilities and exposing its trove of nuclear secrets.
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When North Korea fired a volley of missiles this week, it not only defied warnings from longtime enemies the United States and Japan, it also spurned the pleas of its chief benefactor &amp;#151; China.
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Analysis: Why something like optimism hovers over the talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program
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North Korea, facing a looming deadline in a nuclear disarmament deal, blamed the United States on Monday for hurting the prospects for peace on the Korean peninsula with plans to attack the reclusive state.
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Â· South Korea's president forces promise at summit Â· Kim Jong-il told to give up nuclear programme
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North Korea boasted publicly for the first time Thursday that it has nuclear weapons and said it will stay away from disarmament talks, dramatically raising the stakes in the 2-year-old dispute. The Bush administration called on Pyongyang to give up its atomic aspirations so life can be better for its impoverished people.
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Nuclear-armed North Korea is notorious for selling its missiles overseas but the hardline communist state also has a more improbable export -- cute cartoon figures.
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North Korea agreed to take steps toward nuclear disarmament under a groundbreaking deal struck on Tuesday that will bring the impoverished communist state more than $300 million worth of aid.
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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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Negotiators came away with what looks to be a landmark agreement on North Korea's nuclear program. But some of the most pressing questions remain unanswered
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North Korea was probably pushed to take a deal to shut down its nuclear reactor in return for aid because of its faltering economy and limited diplomatic options, a senior South Korean official said on Friday.