Post-election push on N Korea
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South Korea says the newly re-elected US president has agreed to seek early talks on N Korea's nuclear programme.
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North Korea's announcement that it will conduct a nuclear test comes just as the United States, along with South Korea, had launched a new effort to convince the government in Pyongyang to return to long-stalled disarmament talks. Top aides to Rice were shaping the new approach, which had begun...
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By Evelyn LeopoldUNITED NATIONS - U.S. Ambassador John Bolton pushed on Wednesday for a quick resolution to the race to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general, a move that could favor a South Korean ...Comment
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Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme are poised to resume, with hopes high for some progress.
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With North Korea&#39;s nuclear tension in a 22-month impasse, Seoul is seeking to take on a more active role to resolve the issue.
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The US presidential elections in November are a factor behind North Korea's reluctance to commit to a date for new six-way talks about its nuclear weapons program, a British envoy said.
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The election Wednesday of former Hyundai executive may signal a review of South Korea's policy toward the North.
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North Korea has warned Japan that any sanctions against the communist state would be regarded as a declaration of war. Opinion polls show about two-thirds of the Japanese public supporting
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South Koreans vote on Wednesday in a presidential election expected to be won by a conservative former CEO who says he'll help business and get tough on North Korea, but whose leadership may be undermined by a fraud probe.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Japan will play North Korea in two politically-charged matches after yesterday&#39;s draw for the final round of Asian qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup.
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South Koreans vote on Wednesday in a  presidential election expected to be won by a conservative  former CEO who says he'll help business and get tough on North  Korea, but whose leadership may be undermined by a fraud probe.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has telephoned newly re-elected George W Bush, the US president, to propose that solving the nuclear crisis involving the isolated communist North be a priority for Bush&#39;s second term in office.
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A groundbreaking plan to curtail North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions in return for energy aid and security assurances edged toward approval on Tuesday as envoys to six-party talks waited for Pyongyang to give its nod.
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The North Korean nuclear standoff appears increasingly to hinge on the outcome of the US presidential election as Pyongyang continues to blast President George W. Bush and insist there is
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The Security Council handed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon a second victory in a &quot;straw poll&quot; to select a successor to UN chief Kofi Annan, but the race remains wide open with more candidates expected to enter the fray.
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No matter who wins the Nov. 2 election, the United States is expected to move quickly to engage North Korea in a new round of talks about its suspected nuclear weapons programs, South Korean ambassador Han Sung-joo said on Wednesday.
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The candidate of South Koreaâs conservative opposition party in next weekâs presidential election has surged far ahead of his rivals in the last opinion polls allowed before the balloting.