North Korean visit to China &quot;positive, encouraging&quot;: South Korea
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SEOUL : South Korea&#39;s foreign minister said Wednesday a visit by North Korea&#39;s second-ranking leader to China was &quot;positive and encouraging&quot; for a resumption of stalled six-nation talks on Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear drive.
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China&#39;s prime minister, Wen Jiabao, has hailed his country&#39;s expanding ties with Russia during talks in Moscow aimed at securing long-term access for China to Russia&#39;s oil and gas resources.
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South Korea on Saturday welcomed an agreement struck with Washington to give Seoul wartime operational control over its forces, hailing it as a boost in their 50-year alliance.
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A day after North Korea said it will conduct a nuclear test in the future, ally China has weighed in, calling on all sides to exercise calm and restraint. "We hope that the DPRK (North Korea's official name) will keep calm and restrained on the nuclear test issue," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in a statement reported by China's Xinhua news agency.
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Talks on North Korea's nuclear programs resumed on a positive note Thursday, with the Chinese hosts distributing a draft agreement and the North agreeing in principle to initial steps to disarm.
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North Korea&#39;s No. 2 leader, Kim Yong-nam, arrived in Beijing Monday as China renewed efforts to revive six-party talks on Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear program.
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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
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North Korea's second-most senior leader toured a shiny new science park in Beijing Monday, a first stop on visit aimed at finding ways to help the North's moribund economy as much as jump-starting stalled nuclear talks.
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China will try to nudge North Korea to resume stalled talks on ending its nuclear programs when Pyongyang's No. 2 leader visits on Monday, but economic issues will also be high on the agenda.
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The Chief of Army Staff, General NCVij, has reportedly expressed satisfaction with his weeklong visit to China from December 22 to 29.
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Beijing - China said on Tuesday that North Korea maintains that six-nation talks on the dispute over its nuclear program are the best way to find a solution to the problem.
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China&#39;s President, Hu Jintao, and Premier, Wen Jiabao, are due to meet North Korea&#39;s number two leader as part of efforts to revive stalled talks on the nuclear standoff.
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UN inspectors on Friday said they were &quot;satisfied&quot; and praised North Korea&#39;s cooperation after visiting a nuclear reactor at the centre of efforts to disarm the communist country.
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WASHINGTON -- The State Department is welcoming what it describes as &quot;the positive and constructive points&quot; in a speech on China policy by Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian.
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South Korea welcomed on Sunday the  North&#39;s invitation for a visit by a United Nations nuclear  watchdog delegation, which could be a first step in Pyongyang&#39;s  nuclear disarmament.
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TOKYO/WASHINGTON  - China, its diplomatic  credentials on the line, planned weekend talks with North Korea  over the nuclear crisis amid U.S. hopes that Beijing would  bring new pressure on Pyongyang to rejoin negotiations,  official sources said on Wednesday.
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China on Tuesday expressed &quot;respect&quot; to the latest Ukraine&#39;s presidential election result. &quot;China and Ukraine are friendly countries.