N.Korea Hints at Breaking Off Japan Talks-Kyodo
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North Korea has hinted at breaking off  talks with Japan over the fate of Japanese citizens abducted  decades ago, saying Pyongyang no longer sees significance in  maintaining contact, Kyodo news agency said on Friday.
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North Korea said it was "impossible" to hold new talks with the United States aimed at ending a stand-off over the communist country's nuclear weapons drive.
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Japanese and North Korean diplomats met on Tuesday to smooth the way toward improving relations, but Tokyo said it would not establish ties until the issue of its citizens abducted by Pyongyang was resolved.
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Japan and North Korea held a second day of talks Sunday in a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago. Japan seized the occasion to express concern North Korea might be planning a missile test, a newspaper reported.
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Japan and North Korea cut short talks on Thursday about establishing diplomatic ties after wrangling again over historical differences, officials said.
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Six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program resume in Beijing on Thursday with the top U.S. envoy denying a Japanese media report that the isolated state had signed a deal with Washington.
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Expected international talks on North Korea's nuclear program to firm up a deadline for the country to disable its facilities so it can no longer produce weapons have been postponed, regional officials said Monday.
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Senior officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan held talks on Friday aimed at arranging a fresh round of six-party negotiations on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs as doubts grew about the outlook for discussions later this month.
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Six-party talks to resolve the North Korean nuclear standoff could resume soon after July 4 as nations move toward dismantling the communist country's nuclear facilities, the U.S. envoy to the talks said Wednesday.
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Senior officials from the United States,  South Korea and Japan held talks on Friday aimed at arranging a  fresh round of six-party negotiations on dismantling North  Korea's nuclear programs as doubts grew about the outlook for  discussions later this month.
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Japan and North Korea will hold talks on establishing diplomatic relations next week in Ulan Bator, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said on Tuesday. The two-day talks from September 5 will be held as part of a six-country deal to scrap Pyongyang's nuclear arms programmes in exchange for aid and diplomatic recognition.
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North Korea has threatened to end dialogue with Japan and issued a fresh warning of war in a furious response to Tokyo's claims that the communist state lied in a row about kidnappings.
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Japan will proceed with planned talks with North Korea tomorrow on normalizing ties, after a report the communist nation may be preparing to launch a ballistic missile, Hiroyuki Hosoda, Japan&#39;s chief government spokesman, said.
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North Korea may delay discussions to prepare a fourth round of six-nation talks aimed at dismantling the communist nation&#39;s nuclear programs, US and UK government officials said.
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Japan&#39;s foreign minister said Sunday that Tokyo remains cautious about imposing economic sanctions on North Korea because the impoverished communist country could use it as an excuse to pull out of bilateral talks.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North has been preparing a missile test. US and South Korean intelligence has picked up signs a test may be planned, though Japan&#39;s Prime
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An afternoon session of talks in Hanoi between North Korea and Japan was canceled, the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.