South Korea and Japan urge Pyongyang to resume nuclear talks
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Leaders of Japan and South Korea have jointly urged North Korea to return to talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program. They agreed that imposing economic sanctions now on Pyongyang would thwart such efforts.
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SEOUL, South Korea  - South Korea and the United  States are hoping China can bring unruly ally North Korea back  to stalled talks on dismantling its nuclear weapons programs,  Seoul's foreign minister said.
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North Korea and Japan briefly resumed talks Thursday as part of a deal aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear programme, a day after they nearly collapsed over the North's abductions of Japanese citizens.
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North and South Korea are restoring ties during talks this week following the communist country's pledge to shut down its nuclear reactor, paving the way for restoration of aid to the North and reunions for families split by the divided peninsula.
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This week's talks between Japan and North Korea show that efforts to hold another round of six-party negotiations on the North's nuclear program are gathering pace, South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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South Korea is pressing the United States to show greater flexibility in its efforts to restart nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, the unification ministry said.
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The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan called Sunday for flexibility to end a complex financial dispute blocking North Korea&#39;s nuclear disarmament.
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This week's talks between Japan and North  Korea show that efforts to hold another round of six-party  negotiations on the North's nuclear program are gathering pace,  South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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SEOUL South Korean officials expressed hope Thursday that North Korea would return to six-party talks designed to resolve the country&#39;s nuclear weapons issues.
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South Korea has agreed to resume high-level talks with North Korea that could restart major aid shipments despite calls for caution over an international deal on Pyongyang's nuclear programmes.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell joined  South Korea on Tuesday in pushing to restart talks on North  Korea's nuclear ambitions right after the U.S. elections, but  Pyongyang said U.S. hostile policy made a meeting impossible.
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North Korea appealed at high-level talks Thursday for aid from South Korea, which appeared resistant to promising major assistance until Pyongyang keeps its pledge to start dismantling its nuclear weapons program.
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South Korea's foreign minister sounded a note of caution ahead of six-nation talks on freezing the North's nuclear program, saying Wednesday there is far to go before a final agreement is reached. The negotiations &#151; which involve the United States, the two Koreas, China, Russia and Japan &#151; are set to resume Feb. 8 in Beijing.
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South Korea agreed to resume high-level talks with North Korea that could restart major aid shipments despite calls for caution over an international deal on Pyongyang's nuclear programmes.
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Senior Chinese and South Korean officials have met in an effort to restart stalled talks on North Korean nuclear disarmament amid signs of US impatience with the diplomatic process.
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South Korea&#39;s foreign minister called Tuesday &quot;for a more creative and realistic&quot; proposal that would lure North Korea back to six-nation talks over its nuclear program.
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Countries involved in six-way talks on  North Korea's nuclear program have urged Pyongyang to return to  the table sooner rather than later but have not proposed  specific dates, a senior government official said on Thursday.