NKorea military wants talks with U.S.
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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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South Korea urged the United States to  try talking to North Korea instead of taking a hard line over  its nuclear plans, while Pyongyang said it would be "quite  possible" to solve the crisis if Washington changed its stance.
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U.S. and North Korean officials will  meet this weekend to discuss next steps under an agreement  calling for North Korea to disclose and disable all its nuclear  facilities, the United States said on Monday.
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South Korea is pressing the United States to show greater flexibility in its efforts to restart nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, the unification ministry said.
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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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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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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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North Korea is seeking humanitarian aid  at talks with the South, an official said on Thursday,  signaling Pyongyang was trying to cash in on a reduction of  tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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North Korea on Friday said it would return to six-party nuclear talks and would consider treating the United States as a "friend," shortly after a U.S. congressional concluded talks with the North and said it appeared ready to negotiate.
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North Korea&#39;s number two leader Kim Yong-nam is said to be holding talks with top Chinese officials to negotiate issues relating to the North&#39;s economy and its two-year-old nuclear standoff.
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North Korea wants to restart six-party talks on its nuclear programs urgently but still wants certain conditions met, a top U.N. official told South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Thursday.
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North Korea is urging an end to what it calls U.S. hostility while Washington believes the time is ripe for real progress when six-party talks seeking to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs restart on Monday.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North has been preparing a missile test. US and South Korean intelligence has picked up signs a test may be planned, though Japan&#39;s Prime
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Washington pursuing the talks as a way to resolve the two-year-old nuclear crisis. proceed to launch one of its Rodong missiles. reconnaissance satellites and radio traffic, the Japanese government sources said.
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Senior officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan held talks on Friday aimed at arranging a fresh round of six-party negotiations on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs as doubts grew about the outlook for discussions later this month.
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Six-party talks on winding up North Korea's nuclear weapons program resume on Thursday, with Pyongyang pressing the United States to "abandon its hostile policy" as they negotiate first steps.
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North and South Korean generals seek common ground on a sea border row at high-level military talks.