S.Korea, U.S. End Troop Cut Talks Without Agreement
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South Korea and the United States closed a round of defense talks in Seoul on Friday aimed at scheduling a reduction of U.S. troops on the Korean peninsula without agreeing on the timeline of the realignment.
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SYDNEY, Australia  -- In a testy public exchange Friday with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, President Bush said the United States would formally end the Korean War only when North Korea halts its nuclear weapons program.
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Talks between North and South Korea break up without agreement after a rift over food aid delays.
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Efforts to bring North Korea  back to disarmament talks were in tatters on Thursday as  Pyongyang stormed out of a meeting with the South and a senior  U.S. diplomat left the region after a week of shuttle  diplomacy.
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The United States urged North Korea on  Monday to stop haggling and just close a deal on giving up  nuclear arms, after six-country talks snagged on Pyongyang's  demands for energy aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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The U.S. envoy to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program said on Sunday it was time to wrap things up and reach a resolution but South Korean and Japanese delegates held out little hope.
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The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the United States and South Korea has reached final agreement on reducing US troops in South Korea, with the first phase to start this year involving 5,000 soldiers.
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North Korea said on Saturday it will   never return to talks on ending its nuclear weapons programs   under a U.S. crackdown on firms suspected of aiding Pyongyang's   counterfeiting and other illicit activities.
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U.S. envoy Christopher Hill called his talks in North Korea "very useful and positive, saying that he was "buoyed by a sense" that the six-party talks process will result in the complete dismantling of North Korea's nuclear program."The DPRK (North Korea) indicated that they are prepared promptly to shutdown the Yongbyon facility as called for in the February agreement," Hill said at a Friday afternoon news conference in Seoul.
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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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The U.S. envoy to six-party talks on  North Korea's nuclear arms program said on Sunday it was time  to wrap things up and reach a resolution but South Korean and  Japanese delegates held out little hope.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and US President George W. Bush agreed to the early resumption of the six-party talks to end North Korea&#39;s nuclear weapons program, according to Rohâs spokesman on Nov. 5.
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North Korea called on Friday for military talks with the United States for peace and security on the peninsula, while Washington has said it can discuss a peace treaty after Pyongyang abandons its nuclear weapons program.
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North Korea, which has boycotted  six-party talks about its nuclear program since last November,  will not get a better deal even after a change of the Bush  administration, a U.S. envoy to the talks said on Monday.
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South Korea's foreign minister sounded a note of caution ahead of six-nation talks on freezing the North's nuclear program, saying Wednesday there is far to go before a final agreement is reached. The negotiations &#151; which involve the United States, the two Koreas, China, Russia and Japan &#151; are set to resume Feb. 8 in Beijing.
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South Korean lawmakers have agreed to spare the ministry responsible for relations with North Korea and reject a call for its closure made by the president-elect, local media reported on Saturday.
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SEOUL : The United States has agreed to a phased pullout of troops from South Korea over five years rather than the abrupt cutback of one third of its forces by the end of next year, a news report said.