N Korea rules out nuclear freeze
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North Korea says it can "never dismantle" its nuclear arsenal while US policy towards it remains hostile.
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North Korea said on Tuesday it would conduct a nuclear test in the future but would never use atomic weapons first and remained committed to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang's KCNA news agency reported.
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North Korea will never dismantle its  nuclear arsenal and will not resume talks on its atomic  programs unless the United States drops its hostile policy, the  North's official KCNA news agency said on Saturday.
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Japan circulated a new draft Security Council resolution Friday that retains the threat of sanctions against North Korea, ignoring Chinese and Russian fears of inflaming tensions with the isolated communist nation.
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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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North Korea's declaration that it  possesses nuclear weapons does not make it a nuclear weapons  state, South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said  on Monday.
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North Korea will not dismantle its nuclear programs or improve ties with South Korea until questions about the South's nuclear experiments are clearly answered, Pyongyang said on Sunday.
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A visit by U.N. nuclear monitors to North Korea set for next week has been put on hold, a North Korean official said on Thursday, clouding hopes Pyongyang would start shutting down its atom bomb program soon.
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SEOUL -- Denying it has any nuclear weapons ambitions, South Korea insisted yesterday that a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists will not derail US-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea's nuclear programs.
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SEOUL, South Korea  - Denying it has any nuclear weapons ambitions, South Korea insisted Friday that a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists will not derail U.S.-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea's nuclear programs.
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North Korea set three conditions on Friday to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks on its nuclear programs.
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North Korea's official media said on Monday the issue of frozen funds at the centre of a months-long nuclear impasse has been resolved and it will begin implementing a February disarmament deal.
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North Korea cannot afford to stall on or repudiate the six-party nuclear pact, as it has in the past with international agreements, the head of South Korea's official unification think tank said on Wednesday.
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Japan says it will not rush to impose sanctions after North Korea withdraws from nuclear talks "indefinitely".
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North Korea says it could suspend operations at its nuclear reactor once a first aid shipment arrives.
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North Korea's declaration that it  possesses nuclear weapons does not make it a nuclear weapons  state, South Korea's unification minister said on Monday.
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The United Nations nuclear watchdog said it won&#39;t refer South Korea to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions after the country cooperated with the agency and stopped undeclared nuclear activity.