AP: U.S. envoy to inspect N. Korea complex
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The U.S. envoy for North Korean human rights said he will visit the country this year for the first time to inspect a jointly run North-South industrial complex that he has criticized for exploiting workers.
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North Korea on Thursday invited the chief U.S. nuclear envoy to visit the communist nation if Washington proves its commitment to an agreement last year in which the North pledged to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
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The United States is prepared to pursue new approaches to resolve a standoff over North Korea's nuclear program, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea said Tuesday, urging the communist state to return to stalled disarmament talks.
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog  said on Monday that moving to inspect and close facilities  behind North Korea's nuclear weapons program would be complex  as the two sides seek to rebuild severed ties.
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US special envoy Joseph DeTrani will visit South Korea and Japan on the nuclear issue of the Democratic People&#39;s Republic of Korea (DPRK), State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said at a briefing on Tuesday.
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U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said Sunday he hopes inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog will be able to visit North Korea soon after a breakthrough in a snarled disarmament process.
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US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill could still travel to North Korea for a bilateral meeting if Pyongyang agrees to restart stalled talks on nuclear disarmament, the US ambassador in Seoul said.
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The top U.S. nuclear envoy, just back from a rare visit to North Korea, said on Friday Pyongyang was ready to disable its nuclear reactor in weeks and meet pledges it made in a disarmament deal.
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The chief U.S. envoy on North Korea met  South Korean officials Wednesday on the latest leg of a visit  to Asia to press the case for a swift resumption of six-way  talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
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A US special envoy left for China, South Korea and Japan in a bid to jump start North Korean nuclear talks, the State Department said, as the UN nuclear watchdog chief warned Pyongyang could develop up to six atomic bombs.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing body on Monday agreed to send inspectors to North Korea to verify Pyongyang is shutting down its atomic bomb program, diplomats said.
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U.S. officials and nuclear experts toured the five megawatt nuclear reactor at North Korea's Yongbyon atomic complex on Wednesday and were allowed to see everything they wished, the State Department said.
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Assistant US secretary of state Christopher Hill visits Pyongyang, ahead of talks aimed at halting North Korea's nuclear strategy.
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The chief U.S. envoy at North Korean nuclear talks urged Kim Jong Il's government to hand over a promised list of its nuclear efforts, saying Wednesday that nuclear negotiators are working to make sure "Pyongyang lives up to its word."
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The top U.S. nuclear envoy planned to visit Beijing on Tuesday amid a report that North Korea's reclusive leader may be prepared to enter China on a special train.
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A visit by the U.N. atomic watchdog to  Pyongyang set for next week is on hold, a North Korean official  said on Thursday, casting uncertainty over disarmament moves  even as the top U.S. nuclear envoy made a surprise trip to the  North.
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A North Korean official will visit the United States next month for talks with U.S. counterparts on resuming six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday.