N. Korea Misses Deadline, but U.S. Response Is Restrained
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TOKYO, Jan. 1 -- North Korea failed to fulfill its October promise to declare all its nuclear programs by the end of 2007 -- and the United States did not make a big deal out of it.
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United States Secretary of State Colin Powell said on October 21, âWe will not enter direct negotiationsâ with North Korea regarding the nuclear programs and added, âNo remuneration in any form will be given until the US is positive that North Korea
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After all, the fourth round of six-nation talks to discuss North Korean nuclear programs misses its initial deadline of Thursday Sept.
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The United States and South Korea failed to hammer out a deal over a timetable for the planned reduction of US troops here, with Seoul asking for the cut to be delayed, officials said.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has blamed North Korea for the delay in holding new six-nation talks on its nuclear programme. He said Beijing and Washington had agreed on the need to hold another round of talks as soon as possible.
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PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Western diplomats trying to verify what triggered a massive mushroom cloud in North Korea have had a state-approved trip to the site delayed for &quot;logistical reasons.
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The White House said Wednesday that it was "skeptical" that North Korea would ever give a full accounting of its nuclear programs after the Stalinist regime missed a December 31 deadline to do so.
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North Korean and US officials met this week to discuss the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula. It appears they came no closer to resuming multilateral
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SEOUL -- South Korea yesterday added pressure on North Korea to comply with an international disarmament agreement, refusing the impoverished nation's demand to restore full aid shipments until after its main nuclear reactor is shut down.
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North Korea's two-year-old nuclear crisis  has taxed the world's patience, the chief United Nations  nuclear regulator said Wednesday, urging communist Pyongyang to  return to its disarmament treaty obligations.
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North Korea will feel compelled to announce plans for another nuclear test if a financial dispute with Washington is not resolved, a source said on Wednesday, a sign of Pyongyang's impatience with a lack of progress in talks.
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BEIJING -- A last-minute snag yesterday over the amount and timing of assistance to North Korea dampened hopes at six-nation talks for a landmark deal aimed at locking Pyongyang into firm steps toward nuclear disarmament.
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North Korea's two-year-old nuclear crisis has taxed the world's patience, the chief United Nations nuclear regulator said on Wednesday, urging communist Pyongyang to return to its disarmament treaty obligations.
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North Korea blamed the United States on Monday for blocking six-country talks on scrapping its nuclear programs, denying it had stalled the talks itself to await the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
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Japan decided Friday to delay imposing economic sanctions on North Korea, a move the isolated communist nation had said it would consider a declaration of war.
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Kim Jong-il made no mention of the Dec. 31 deadline the country missed to declare all its nuclear activities.
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In a last-minute nudge to North Korea, the U.S. State Department said Sunday it was "unfortunate" that Pyongyang had not supplied a complete declaration of its nuclear programs before a Monday deadline but signaled it would continue disarmament talks with its allies.