N.Korea will cooperate, report suggests
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North Korea is prepared to extend wide cooperation to the International Atomic Energy Agency in its mission to help shut down Pyongyang's weapons-capable nuclear facilities, an IAEA report made available Tuesday to The Associated Press suggests.
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How to verify that North Korea is shutting down its main nuclear reactor will dominate the agenda for a rare U.N. visit this week to the communist nation, a senior nuclear monitor said Monday.
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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.
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The United States has decided to aim for  a gradual transformation in North Korea rather than seek to  topple North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's regime, a Japanese  newspaper said Saturday.
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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.
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Leaders of China, Japan and South Korea vowed Monday to strengthen cooperation in resolving the crisis over North Korea's nuclear programs and to tighten security and economic ties.
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North Korea can make a nuclear warhead that can be mounted on missiles capable of hitting all of South Korea and most of Japan, U.S. nuclear experts said in a report obtained on Wednesday.
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North Korea has invited a delegation of the United Nations nuclear watchdog to visit the country in what could be a first step toward implementing an international agreement intended to curb its nuclear program.
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North Korea on Friday announced it would return to six-party nuclear talks and would consider treating the United States as a "friend," shortly after a visiting U.S. congressional delegation said the North appeared ready to negotiate.
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Talks and fuel aid aimed at coaxing  North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program could move  ahead in coming weeks, the U.S. nuclear envoy said on Sunday,  welcoming Pyongyang&#39;s invitation to U.N. inspectors.
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China is North Korea&#039;s No. 1 ally and trading partner. South Korea and Japan are key economic players. The United States offers the isolated Communist state diplomatic recognition and security guarantees.
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Talks and fuel aid aimed at coaxing North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program could move ahead in coming weeks, the U.S. nuclear envoy said on Sunday, welcoming Pyongyang's invitation to U.N. inspectors.
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US officials are cautious at reports that North Korea is ready to rejoin talks on its nuclear weapons programme.
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A team of U.N. nuclear watchdog officials visiting North Korea headed on Thursday for the Yongbyon nuclear plant that Pyongyang has promised to mothball as part of an aid-for-disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency reported.
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SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Saturday that it was &quot;quite possible&quot; to settle the international standoff over its nuclear weapons program if the United States allows for the existence of the communist regime.
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The U.N.'s nuclear agency plans to send a team to North Korea as early as next weekend and keep two staff there to supervise and verify disarmament of the North's atomic programme, Yonhap News reported on Sunday.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun is considering &quot;walking across&quot; the heavily-fortified border to North Korea for a summit early next month, a report said Sunday.