S.Korea asks US to focus on nuke crisis
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has telephoned newly re-elected US President George W. Bush 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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US Secretary of State Colin Powell is to urge China to place more pressure on Pyongyang to revive negotiations on North Korea&#39;s nuclear weapons plans.
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Time is running out for a peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue and the United States must negotiate directly with Pyongyang if it truly wants a solution, Asian experts warned on Monday.
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A North-South summit could provide a  breakthrough in the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions,  South Korea's prime minister was quoted as saying on Friday,  but the government made clear no such meeting was planned for  now.
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South Korea's top nuclear negotiator urged North Korea Monday to "have the courage to tell the truth" about its suspected enriched uranium programme, which is slowing down a landmark disarmament process.
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South Korea said on Wednesday it was gravely concerned over North Korea's plans to test a nuclear bomb, with the United States saying the move would be "an unacceptable threat" to world peace.
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South Korea and the United States were discussing a last-minute deal until late Friday night over how to deal with the North Korean nuclear issue ahead of the summit meeting between
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The White House said on Friday that  South Korea and other nations should send a "clear message" to  North Korea of their commitment to a nuclear-free peninsula  after Seoul admitted government scientists had enriched uranium  to nearly weapons-grade levels.
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The United States on Friday called on North Korea to declare its nuclear programs after Pyongyang missed a December 31 deadline for the declaration, which had been demanded in a disarmament-for-aid deal.
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North Korea has demanded bilateral talks with the United States to defuse tension created by its announcement that it is a nuclear power, the communist state's U.N. envoy said in a South Korean newspaper interview published Friday.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has  called on the United States to try dialogue with North Korea  rather than take a hard-line approach in its efforts to  persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program.
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North Korea's military calls for direct talks with the US, to discuss security on the Korean peninsula.
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South Korea said Tuesday the Bush administration should improve its offer to North Korea to get the communist country to resume talks on its nuclear program.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, in Asia to prod North Korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear programs, said Sunday that while there is still time to resolve the impasse, &quot;there is a sense of urgency.
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South Korea urged the United States to try talking to North Korea instead of taking a hard line over its nuclear plans, while Pyongyang said it would be "quite possible" to solve the crisis if Washington changed its stance.
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The United States pressed a diplomatic initiative to end the crisis over North Korea&#39;s nuclear program on Monday but a US official dismissed
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A North-South summit could provide a breakthrough in the crisis over Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear ambitions, South Korea&#39;s prime minister was quoted as saying on Friday, but the