N.Korea Wants Urgent Atom Talks, UN Tells Yonhap
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North Korea wants to restart six-party talks on its nuclear programs urgently but still wants certain conditions met, a top U.N. official told South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Thursday.
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North Korea wants bilateral nuclear talks with the United States but would rejoin stalled six-party immediately if Washington dropped what it called its "hostile policy" toward Pyongyang, the communist state said on Friday.
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North Korea said on Friday it would boost  its war deterrent, a day after the United States said it was  sending its nuclear envoy back to Asia to discuss an atomic  disarmament deal on which Pyongyang has missed a deadline.
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A 137-nation meeting of the atomic watchdog agency demanded on Friday that North Korea scrap nuclear weapons ambitions and urged it to again allow agency inspectors to supervise its return to peaceful activities.
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The UN nuclear watchdog agency demanded Friday that North Korea end its nuclear weapons program and urged the country to allow agency inspectors to police the scrapping of its arms programs.
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SEOUL, South Korea  -- North Korea's military proposed Friday holding direct talks with U.S. forces, an unusual plea amid recent progress on the nuclear standoff between the two countries.
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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.
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The Bush administration dispatched its top negotiator for one-on-one talks about North Koreaâs nuclear arsenal.
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North Korea is urging an end to what it calls U.S. hostility while Washington believes the time is ripe for real progress when six-party talks seeking to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs restart on Monday.
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North Korea remains committed to using  six-party talks to defuse a crisis over its nuclear weapons  programs, but only if certain conditions are met, a U.N.  official said on Monday after visiting the reclusive state.
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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 towards implementing an international agreement intended to curb its nuclear programme.
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North Korea is ready to discuss the initial steps of its nuclear disarmament, the country's main envoy said Thursday as he arrived for international talks on the communist nation's atomic weapons program.
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North Korea said on Friday it would boost its war deterrent, a day after the United States said it was sending its nuclear envoy back to Asia to discuss an atomic disarmament deal on which Pyongyang has missed a deadline.
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North Korea set three conditions Friday to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks on its nuclear programs.
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The UN Security Council unanimously agreed to press North Korea to drop plans to test an atom bomb, which Japan said could be exploded this weekend.
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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.
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The United States urged North Korea on Friday to give a full declaration of its nuclear activities after Pyongyang missed an end-2007 deadline for presenting the inventory under a disarmament-for-aid deal.