U.S. Seeks Help on N.Korea Talks; Pyongyang Says No
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South Korea joined China on Tuesday in  pressuring Washington to give more concessions to entice North  Korea to resume talks on its nuclear programs but Secretary of  State Colin Powell rebuffed the appeals.
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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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North Korea called on Friday for military talks with the United States for peace and security on the peninsula, with Washington saying it can discuss a peace treaty after Pyongyang abandons its nuclear arms program.
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SEOUL, South Korea  -- North Korea's military proposed Friday holding direct talks with U.S. forces, an unusual plea amid recent progress on the nuclear standoff between the two countries.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell sought South Korea's support on Tuesday for a U.S. hard line on North Korea after China said Washington must be more flexible to entice the reclusive state back to nuclear arms talks.
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North Korea ruled out on Monday attending  proposed six-way working-level talks on its suspected nuclear  arms programs and questioned the entire negotiating process,  blaming hostile U.S. policy for Pyongyang's tougher stance.
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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 called on Friday for military talks with the United States for peace and security on the peninsula, with Washington saying it can discuss a peace treaty after Pyongyang abandons its nuclear weapons program.
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BEIJING -- The United States demanded yesterday that North Korea offer real steps to nuclear disarmament at six-country negotiations, which China announced would resume on Feb. 8 in Beijing. A US Treasury official said that talks with Pyongyang on a financial standoff that has overshadowed the nuclear negotiations were inching forward.
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North Korea wants bilateral nuclear talks  with the United States but would rejoin stalled six-party  immediately if Washington dropped what it called its "hostile  policy" toward Pyongyang, the communist state said on Friday.
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North Korea is looking for an extended delay in resuming negotiations over its nuclear weapons program and even told China there was no point in continuing the six-sided talks at all, a senior U.S. official says.
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The United States have gone into another round of direct talks with North Korea despite reporting no progress in the campaign to convince Pyongyang to give up its nuclear arms.
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Washington urged North Korea on Monday to stop haggling and seal a deal on ending its nuclear arms ambitions after six-party talks snagged on Pyongyang's demand for energy aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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North Korea demanded bilateral talks with the United States over its nuclear weapons program but Washington quickly rejected the idea on Friday and insisted Pyongyang return to six-party negotiations.
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The U.S. and North Korea are talking again, but will Pyongyang keep its promise to abandon nuclear weapons?
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A group of U.S. Congressmen met with North Korea's foreign minister in Pyongyang on Wednesday, the communist state's official news agency said, in an effort to persuade the North to rejoin talks on its nuclear weapons ambitions.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday rejected demands by North Korea of a U.S. "reward" before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.