Next SKorea govt to keep ministry on NKorea: officials
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South Korea's incoming conservative government agreed Wednesday not to scrap the ministry handling reconciliation with North Korea, following fierce opposition from liberals who have a majority in parliament.
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SEOGWIPO, South Korea  - The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China meet on Sunday to try to smooth often prickly ties and help resolve the impasse over the nuclear weapons plans of their neighbor, North Korea.
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Chinese officials report that a senior North Korean leader says his country wants to remain on track with six-nation negotiations on its nuclear ambitions.
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International Atomic Energy Agency monitors will leave Vienna on Thursday for North Korea to verify a pledge by Pyongyang to shut down its atomic bomb program, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said on Thursday.
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South Korea's incoming government will shut down the ministry handling relations with North Korea as part of moves to streamline the administration, officials said Wednesday.
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South Korean government officials are struggling to confirm persistent reports from North Korea of the recent death of its leader Kim Jong Il&#39;s favorite mistress, a former
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South Korea will resume summits with Japan if the new administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe &quot;squarely addresses&quot; that country's historical legacy, Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon said.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency is poised to send a team to North Korea this week to verify the shutdown of its atom bomb project after IAEA governors give an expected go-ahead on Monday, diplomats said.
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South Korea's foreign minister cemented his position as the front-runner to succeed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday, the only one of six candidates to escape a veto in an informal U.N. Security ...Comment
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South Korea plans to intensify diplomatic efforts to hold six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs in early October now chances look slim for a meeting this month, the foreign minister told Reuters on Thursday.
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South Korea said Friday it is continuing to monitor North Korea, but declined to confirm or deny a report citing alleged evidence that the communist nation is preparing for an underground nuclear test.
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North Korea will not dismantle its  nuclear programs or improve ties with South Korea until  questions about the South's nuclear experiments are clearly  answered, Pyongyang said on Sunday.
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In a hastily organized news conference, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun&#39;s Spokesman Kim Jong-min on Thursday told reporters that the Presidential Office will
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YANGON, Myanmar - Military-ruled Myanmar will stick to its plans for gradual democratization despite the abrupt appointment of a new prime minister believed to hold a hard line in dealing with the countryâs political reform movement, Foreign Minister
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China's representative on six-party   talks aimed at resolving a stand-off over North Korea's nuclear   program will go to Seoul this week, the Chinese foreign   ministry said on Thursday.
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South Korea's deputy foreign minister has headed to Washington for talks with US officials on ways to follow up on last week's deal on scrapping North Korea's nuclear programme, his ministry 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.