N Korea stalls nuclear talks
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North Korea rules out further nuclear talks unless South Korea's own nuclear tests are "fully probed".
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An afternoon session of talks in Hanoi between North Korea and Japan was canceled, the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.
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North Korea has postponed the first inter-Korean dialogue of this year, citing time constraints, South Korean officials said 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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North Korea is reportedly not ready to resume talks over its nuclear ambitions, following President Bush's re-election.
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Marathon talks aimed at halting North Korea's nuclear weapons drive hung in the balance as envoys negotiated well into the night over a potential joint deal to begin the disarmament process.
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Japan and North Korea cut short talks on Thursday about establishing diplomatic ties after wrangling again over historical differences, officials said.
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A visit by U.N. nuclear monitors to North Korea set for next week has been put on hold, a North Korean official said on Thursday, clouding hopes Pyongyang would start shutting down its atom bomb program soon.
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BEIJING, Feb. 10 -- Despite three days of hard bargaining, North Korean nuclear disarmament talks remained stuck Saturday over the energy aid North Korea would receive in return for closing its main nuclear reactor, diplomats said.
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North Korea demanded bilateral talks with the United States over its nuclear weapons program but Washington quickly rejected the idea on Friday and insisted Pyongyang return to six-party negotiations.
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The two Koreas tried to mend relations at cabinet-level talks on Tuesday, but the North's refusal to act on a nuclear disarmament deal could lead Seoul to delay rice aid promised to its impoverished neighbor.
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North Korea said on Thursday a planned visit by U.N. nuclear monitors was on hold because it had not received unfrozen bank funds, shaking hopes Pyongyong would start disabling its atom bomb program soon.
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BEIJING, July 20 -- After three days of upbeat talks, negotiators from six nations announced Friday that they had failed to agree on a schedule for North Korea to take the next steps toward nuclear disarmament.
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China on Monday informed South Korea that six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea&#39;s nuclear programmes, due to resume this week, have been postponed, officials said.
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A visit by the U.N. atomic watchdog to  Pyongyang set for next week is on hold, a North Korean official  said on Thursday, casting uncertainty over disarmament moves  even as the top U.S. nuclear envoy made a surprise trip to the  North.
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North Korea is looking for an extended delay in resuming negotiations over its nuclear weapons program and even told China there was no point in continuing the six-sided talks at all, a senior U.S. official says.
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North Korea and the United States stood poles apart on Monday as talks on scrapping the communist state's nuclear arms resumed after a year-long hiatus.