North Korea ready to resume talks if Bush offers olive branch
600039
North Korea said it would resume talks on its nuclear weapons drive if US President George W. Bush toned down his rhetoric and formulated a more friendly policy towards Pyongyang.
717310
The two Koreas agreed to resume stalled high-level talks later this month in Pyongyang, officials said Thursday, amid signs of easing tensions on the divided peninsula after the North signed a breakthrough disarmament agreement.
616876
Japan and North Korea will resume talks on Thursday aimed at working toward establishing diplomatic relations after discord over Japanese abducted by Pyongyang suspended the first day of discussions.
237640
North Korea appears increasingly willing to bargain over the terms of ending its nuclear programs, prompting cautious optimism that some sort of agreement may be reached when the six-nation disarmament talks reconvene next week in Beijing, U.S. and Asian officials close to the talks said.
474492
With fresh support from China in hand, US President George W. Bush hopes to minimize public differences with Asian allies over how to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions and come back to the bargaining table.
531042
North Korea says the United States must either change or clarify its position on Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear program before the six-party talks resume.
701671
The United States says stalled international talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program could resume in China within the next week.
648776
North Korea made clear on Saturday it  would not return to six-party talks on its nuclear programs  until President Bush assembled his new team and Washington  decided its policy toward Pyongyang.
49018
N Korea is expected to ask the South to resume aid shipments, when officials from the two sides meet later.
417921
Six-party talks on winding up North Korea's nuclear weapons program resume on Thursday, with Pyongyang pressing the United States to "abandon its hostile policy" as they negotiate first steps.
208452
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday that the United States would consider a peace treaty with North Korea if it gave up nuclear arms, underlining Washington's shift away from a hard line on the communist state.
314180
Secretary of State Colin Powell said on  Tuesday he expected the six-party talks on North Korea's  nuclear ambitions to resume after the presidential election in  the United States.
598121
North Korea on Friday said it would return to six-party nuclear talks and would consider treating the United States as a "friend," shortly after a U.S. congressional concluded talks with the North and said it appeared ready to negotiate.
174722
North Korea says it will not return to stalled talks on its nuclear programme until the US clarifies its position.
155522
President Bush plans to urge allies  at an Asia-Pacific summit in Chile this weekend to press North  Korea to return to stalled talks over its nuclear weapons  program, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
392761
The White House said Wednesday that North Korea's nuclear initiative is a threat to world peace and urged the secretive regime in Pyongyang to resume talks aimed at ending the program.
59927
President George W. Bush said on Friday the United States would be willing to consider a formal peace treaty with North Korea if it gave up its nuclear weapons program.