N. Korea&#39;s No. 2 Meets Chinese Counterpart
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North Korea&#39;s Parliament head Kim Yong Nam, right, inspects a guard of honor with Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People&#39;s Congress, during a welcome ceremony in Beijing, China, Monday, Oct. 18, 2004.
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SEOGWIPO, South Korea  - The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China meet on Sunday to try to smooth often prickly ties and help resolve the impasse over the nuclear weapons plans of their neighbor, North Korea.
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French President Jacques Chirac is to meet his Chinese counterpart on the second day of a visit designed to boost the two countries' economic links.
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China has asked that North Korea attend working-level meetings ahead of the next round of six-party nuclear talks in Beijing.
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BEIJING  - A North Korean delegation headed by the Stalinist state&#39;s number two leader arrived in China amid faltering attempts to resolve the standoff over the North&#39;s nuclear weapons program.
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The conservative president-elect of South Korea said that he was willing to meet with the North Korean leader to discuss the Northâs nuclear weapons programs.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a summit with Chinese leaders at which he will seek a thaw in ties chilled by wartime history and will consult on North Korea's nuclear threat.
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Senior North Korean and Chinese officials have met in Beijing amid hints from Pyongyang that it might not attend a next round of multi-party talks over its nuclear programs, state media said.
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The number two in the North Korean leadership, Kim Yong Nam, has left for China to meet President Hu Jintao and other leaders. The dispute over North Korea&#39;s nuclear programme is likely to figure high on the agenda at the talks.
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The chief U.S. envoy on North Korea met  South Korean officials Wednesday on the latest leg of a visit  to Asia to press the case for a swift resumption of six-way  talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have met with visiting Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi in Beijing.
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The second-ranking U.S. diplomat welcomed his Chinese counterpart to the State Department on Wednesday for two days of talks meant to ease tensions and strengthen ties between the world's strongest power and its fastest-growing upstart.
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The second-ranking U.S. diplomat and his Chinese counterpart hope to use two days of talks to ease tensions and strengthen ties between the world's strongest power and its fastest-growing upstart.
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North Korea hosted U.S. envoys at its mission in Geneva on Sunday for the second and final day of talks aimed at smoothing relations between the 1950-53 Korean War opponents and speeding up Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament.
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A North Korean delegation headed by the Stalinist state's deputy leader has arrived in China amid faltering attempts to resolve the standoff over the North's nuclear weapons program.
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China will try to nudge North Korea to resume stalled talks on ending its nuclear programmes when Pyongyang&#39;s number two leader visits on Monday, but economic issues will also be high on the agenda.
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A US-appointed man on nuclear issue met with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss how to resume the stalled six-party nuclear talks.