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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Officials in South Korea continued Friday to try to assure the world that the nation had no nuclear arms program, with its top nuclear researcher saying government scientists
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North Korea said Sunday it is ready to permanently disable the nuclear reactor it just turned off if the United States lifts economic sanctions on the impoverished nation and strikes it from a list of terrorism sponsors.
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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 -- North Korea suggested yesterday that it would not participate in further six-party negotiations over its nuclear program because of recent revelations that scientists in South Korea had illegally experimented with producing fissile material for nuclear weapons.
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North Korea has apparently decided  against holding six-party talks on dismantling its suspected  nuclear arms programs until after the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential  election, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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SEOUL, South Korea - 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&#39;s nuclear programs.
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North Korea says it will not attend a working meeting ahead of the next round of six-party nuclear talks.
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The United States said that its warnings to North Korea against conducting a nuclear weapons test were &quot;not a lethal threat&quot; and denied seeking the collapse of the regime in Pyongyang.
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North Korea is committed to holding  six-party talks aimed at resolving the crisis over its nuclear  weapons program, but has not indicated when, a top British  official said on Tuesday.
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Japan has admitted it would refuse to fund any deal on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions without clear progress in a bilateral row over the communist state's abductions of Japanese nationals.
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A top North Korean official is quoted saying Pyongyang will not abandon nuclear weapons when it returns to talks.
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SEOUL -- North Korea publicly admitted today for the first time that it has nuclear weapons, and its foreign ministry said it wouldn't return to six-nation talks aimed at persuading the communist country to abandon its nuclear ambitions
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North Korea has again denied running a clandestine program to enrich uranium for weapons, long suspected by the United States, a top U.S. nuclear envoy said on Wednesday.
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North Korea denies allegations it may be helping Syria develop a nuclear weapons facility.
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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.