US holds firm on N. Korea
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is willing to hold limited face-to-face talks with North Korea and will continue to help feed the country, but will not sweeten a proposed trade of economic concessions for a halt in development of nuclear weapons, the US ambassador to South Korea said yesterday.
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The United States has denied claims from Pyongyang that North Korea has been taken off the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
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The US government on Friday tamped down an unprecedented public insurrection on North Korea policy, repudiating a US envoy's criticisms of China and South Korea and reaffirming its six-country diplomatic strategy.
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The United States insisted Friday that North Korea could disable its nuclear facilities by the end of the year, even though negotiators have been unable to get a firm commitment from Pyongyang to do so.
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By acknowledging doubts about what  it knows of North Korea's uranium enrichment program, the  United States aims to set the record straight and ease  resolution of an issue that has been a key obstacle to a  nuclear agreement since 2002, U.S. officials and experts say.
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North Korea has not changed its mind about ending its nuclear programme, leader Kim Jong-il reportedly says.
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North Korea has been trying to ease American fears of a secret atomic weapons programme and also denies sharing nuclear technology with other countries, the US pointman on the issue said Wednesday.
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NEW YORK -- The United States said it had "very good" talks with North Korea yesterday and it appeared that a deal on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions was on track for now.
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SINGAPORE, Nov. 16 -- President Bush reassured Pacific Rim leaders Thursday that the United States stands squarely behind efforts to liberalize trade with the region, and he promised to continue pressuring North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
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The United States said Friday it was "still waiting" for North Korea's full account of its nuclear programs, after Pyongyang said it fulfilled a disarmament deal by declaring them in November.
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China and the United States are confident North Korea remains committed to a disarmament agreement but the issue of North Korean funds languishing in a Macau bank needs to be resolved, a U.S. envoy said on Wednesday.
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The United States rejected North Korea's conditions for a resumption of six-party talks on scrapping its nuclear programs, a response to Pyongyang's latest demands that left the two nations in a stalemate.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell on Saturday rejected North Korea&#39;s latest demand that the United States drop its &quot;hostile&quot; policy toward that nation and agree to other
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North Korea says the United States must either change or clarify its position on Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear program before the six-party talks resume.
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North Korea made clear on Saturday it  would not return to six-party talks on its nuclear programs  until President Bush assembled his new team and Washington  decided its policy toward Pyongyang.
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US envoy denies N Korea nuclear talks are deadlocked, but flags up differences over enriched uranium.
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The United States dismissed as inappropriate North Korea's unusually strong personal attacks on President George W. Bush, but remained confident Pyongyang would attend talks to resolve the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula.