Probe requested of U.S. effort to free N. Korea funds
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Six Republican lawmakers asked a government watchdog on Tuesday to investigate whether U.S. efforts to help North Korea get back about $25 million would violate money laundering and counterfeiting laws.
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The United States should use  incentives to entice North Korea to scrap its nuclear programs,  including a "buyout" pegging aid to the amount of plutonium  Pyongyang surrenders, a panel of experts said.
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North Korea used the bank accounts of a U.N. agency for deceptive cash transfers, among a wide range of abuses of that organization's presence in the communist state, a U.S. Senate panel reported on Wednesday.
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North Korea will conduct a thorough investigation into the kidnapping of Japanese citizens, a departure from its stand that the divisive issue has been settled, a source with ties to Pyongyang said on Thursday.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun on Sunday ordered his justice minister to consider reopening a probe into a financial scam allegedly involving the opposition front-runner in this week's election.
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Turning the tables on Tokyo, North Korea has called on Japan to investigate the case of one of its nationals who went missing in 1991 while working in Russia, saying it presumed Japan had abducted him.
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Special prosecutors are investigating accusations that the companyâs chairman, Lee Kun Hee, had amassed slush funds to bribe politicians, prosecutors and government officials.
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The U.N. Staff Council urged Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to order the U.N. anti-poverty agency to cooperate in an investigation of claims that a former agency staffer in North Korea suffered retaliation for being a whistleblower.
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The Bush administration is weighing responses to a possible North Korean missile test that include attempting to shoot it down in flight over the Pacific, defense officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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North Korea has accused the United States of attempting to scupper a recent deal to lift financial sanctions on the communist state within a month, a report said.
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A United Nations anti-poverty program in North Korea paid $50,000 to a company with ties to North Korean weapons sales and left itself open to exploitation by the communist-led country, according to a Senate investigation released Wednesday.
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A U.S. Treasury Department delegation was in Macau on Monday briefing local officials about the investigation of North Korean bank accounts in the Chinese territory, an American official said.
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The U.S. military will seek to independently verify whether North Korea shuts down a nuclear power plant as part of a disarmament-for-aid deal, Washington's military commander in the Pacific region said on Wednesday.
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The United States is wrapping up its investigation of a Macau bank that holds $24 million in North Korean assets, a development that could lead to the release of some of the funds.
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The Finnish government is investigating a North Korean complaint that two of its diplomats were thrown off a train.
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North Korea reportedly tests a missile, as US officials say it now has access to funds frozen for years.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell sought South Korea's support on Tuesday for a U.S. hard line on Pyongyang's nuclear programs as Seoul stepped up security along its border with North Korea due to a suspected infiltration.