N. Korea&#39;s No. 2 Meets Chinese Counterpart
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North Korea&#39;s Parliament head Kim Yong Nam, right, inspects a guard of honor with Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People&#39;s Congress, during a welcome ceremony in Beijing, China, Monday, Oct. 18, 2004.
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A senior U.S. official may meet his  North Korean counterpart in Beijing this week as diplomats  prepare for six-party talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear  ambitions, the State Department said on Monday.
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BEIJING, Aug.18 (Xinhuanet) -- Australian FM paid his first visit to North Korea after the two countries re-established diplomatic relations in 2000.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell and his Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, Thursday held what Mr. Powell termed a candid meeting at the State Department.
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Japanese and North Korean negotiators held a second day of talks in Beijing as part of an effort by Tokyo to get more information on the fate of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korean agents decades ago.
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North Korean and US officials met this week to discuss the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula. It appears they came no closer to resuming multilateral
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A top North Korean official is visiting China for talks expected to focus on the North's nuclear programme.
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Japanese officials meet the alleged husband of a woman kidnapped by Pyongyang, as talks are extended.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell met Monday with China&#39;s foreign minister and the two countries&#39; delegates to six-nation talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear program during a visit that also was expected to include discussions on Taiwan.
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MARK COLVIN: The Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, has met North Korea&#39;s Foreign Minister and the President of the Supreme Peoples&#39; Assembly in Pyongyang. As one of the few Western nations with diplomatic relations with the isolated totalitarian state, ...
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Top negotiators from the United States and South Korea flew into Beijing Monday for meetings to set a date for renewed talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament.
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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 has asked that North Korea attend working-level meetings ahead of the next round of six-party nuclear talks in Beijing.
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This week&#39;s talks between Japan and North Korea show that efforts to hold another round of six-party negotiations on the North&#39;s nuclear program are gathering pace, South Korea&#39;s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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China is North Korea&#039;s No. 1 ally and trading partner. South Korea and Japan are key economic players. The United States offers the isolated Communist state diplomatic recognition and security guarantees.
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China was expected to press North Koreaâs No. 2 leader to restart stalled six-nation talks on the dispute over the Northâs nuclear program when he visits Beijing this week, a state-run newspaper said today.
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A high-ranking North Korean delegation headed by the Stalinist state's deputy leader has arrived in China amid faltering attempts to resolve the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program.