Food aid, reunions on agenda as two Koreas set to meet
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A South Korean delegation left Tuesday for high-level talks with North Korea, paving the way for the resumption of food aid after the impoverished communist state promised to scrap its nuclear programme.
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U.S. and North Korean officials  started talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing  diplomatic ties as part of an agreement under which Pyongyang  has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs in exchange for  aid.
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Â· South Korea's president forces promise at summit Â· Kim Jong-il told to give up nuclear programme
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North and South Korea agreed on Friday to  resume reunions of families separated during the Korean War in  a step toward improving ties chilled by Pyongyang's weapons  tests last year.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit China on October 8 and South Korea the next day for talks with their leaders in a bid to repair ties frayed by disputes over their bitter wartime past, but North Korea's nuclear threat looks set to grab a prominent place on the agenda.
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The two Koreas agreed to resume stalled high-level talks later this month in Pyongyang, officials said Thursday, amid signs of easing tensions on the divided peninsula after the North signed a breakthrough disarmament agreement.
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When South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun   meets President Bush later this week in Washington, the two   will try to resolve differences in managing North Korea, which   has strained ties between the allies.
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A high-level North Korean delegation arrived in South Korea for reconciliation talks Tuesday despite looming rifts over the North's nuclear program and South Korean rice shipments.
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South and North Korea reached a deal on Friday to resume reunions of families separated during the Korean war in a step at improving ties that were chilled by Pyongyang's weapons tests last year.
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WASHINGTON : Diplomatic efforts are underway to hold a preparatory meeting for the six-party talks aimed at ending the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula, the US State Department said.
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U.S. and South Korean envoys were due  to arrive in Beijing on Monday to prepare for six-party talks  on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which are  expected to resume next month.
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The two Koreas will try to mend relations at cabinet-level talks on Tuesday, but the North's refusal to act on a nuclear disarmament deal could lead Seoul to delay rice aid promised to its impoverished neighbor.
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North Korea is seeking humanitarian aid  at talks with the South, an official said on Thursday,  signaling Pyongyang was trying to cash in on a reduction of  tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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Japan plans to raise the missile issue during talks with North Korea in Beijing, China this weekend. While the main agenda of the contact surrounds Pyongyang&#39;s abductions of Japanese citizens back in the 1970s
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South Korean and U.S. officials are discussing a possible visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell to Seoul next week, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, just two weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
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North Korea proposed Wednesday a full resumption of humanitarian projects at the first high-level talks with South Korea in the wake of Pyongyang's nuclear test, heralding renewed reconciliation between the Koreas after the North pledged to dismantle its atomic program.
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N Korea is expected to ask the South to resume aid shipments, when officials from the two sides meet later.