North Korea set to start 2008 with missed nuclear date
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North Korea appears almost certain to miss a deadline in a nuclear deal, a development that is unlikely to scuttle the disarmament-for-aid pact it reached with regional powers but could hamper its implementation.
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South Korea on Friday delayed a full resumption of aid shipments to North Korea until the communist regime shuts down its main atomic reactor
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North Korea has invited a delegation  of the United Nations nuclear watchdog to visit the country in  what could be a first step towards implementing an  international agreement intended to curb its nuclear programme.
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A visit by U.N. nuclear monitors to North Korea set for next week has been put on hold, a North Korean official said on Thursday, clouding hopes Pyongyang would start shutting down its atom bomb program soon.
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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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The United States warned North Korea Monday of potential economic and political fallout after the Stalinist state failed to meet a year-end deadline to come clean on its nuclear activity.
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North Korea plans to seal its main nuclear reactor and source of weapons-grade plutonium in the second half of July, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing an unidentified North Korean diplomatic source.
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An increasingly isolated North Korea said  on Tuesday it would conduct its first-ever nuclear test,  blaming a U.S. "threat of nuclear war and sanctions" for  forcing its hand.
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A timeline of nuclear weapons development in North Korea:
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North Korea is ready to discuss the initial steps of its nuclear disarmament, the country's main envoy said Thursday as he arrived for international talks on the communist nation's atomic weapons program.
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SEOUL : North Korea says it will not return to international talks on its nuclear weapons programme until the lineup of a new US administration emerges and Washington drops its &quot;hostile policy&quot; toward the communist state.
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Six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea&#39;s nuclear programmes will resume in Beijing next week after a week-long postponement, a news report said Thursday.
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North Korea pledges to boost its "war deterrent", days after missing a deadline for declaring its nuclear activities.
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An increasingly isolated North Korea said on Tuesday it would conduct its first-ever nuclear test, blaming a U.S. "threat of nuclear war and sanctions" for forcing its hand.
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North Korea set three conditions Friday to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks on its nuclear programs.
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North Korea could miss a year-end deadline to fully account for its nuclear arms program, South Korea said on Thursday, while a separate report cited the North's unhappiness at the pace of energy aid.
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SEOUL - North Korea set three conditions on Friday to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks on its nuclear programmes.