US, NKorea to meet before nuclear talks
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The top US and North Korean negotiators on Pyongyang's nuclear program were due to meet one-on-one in the Chinese capital on Sunday, ahead of the resumption of six-way talks stalled since last year.
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UN nuclear inspectors will arrive in North Korea on Tuesday to begin talks with Pyongyang on ways to shut down the reactor at the heart of its nuclear programme, the UN atomic agency chief said.
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U.S. and South Korean envoys were due in Beijing on Monday to prepare for six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program which are expected to resume next month.
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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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US technical experts arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to discuss disabling a nuclear programme which has already produced at least one atomic bomb, as South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun said a proposed peace treaty formally ending the 1950-53 war will be the top agenda item at next month&#39;s inter-Korean summit.
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The top U.S. negotiator on North  Korea, Christopher Hill, may meet with his counterparts from  six-party talks on North Korea before formal meetings begin on  December 18, the State Department said on Monday.
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North Korea on Friday proposed direct military talks with the United States, ahead of scheduled six-party talks concerning Pyongyang's nuclear arms program.
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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson  planned to meet two top North Korean diplomats on Friday in a  session blessed by the White House before talks resume next  week on North Korea's nuclear programs.
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Japan and North Korea will hold talks next week to discuss the resumption of multilateral negotiations aimed at dismantling the communist nation&#39;s nuclear arms program, a Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said.
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The United States and South Korea agreed on Wednesday to keep pushing North Korea to join some form of talks on Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear programs before the end of the year, Yonhap news agency reported.
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Top negotiators from the United States and North Korea met on Saturday for two days of talks meant to advance an international drive to end Pyongyang's nuclear program.
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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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North Korea called Friday for military talks with the United States, as UN atomic inspectors prepared to return to Pyongyang to supervise the shutdown of its nuclear programme.
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Military officials from North and South Korea are to meet on Monday at Pyongyang's suggestion, the first bilateral military talks since the North test-fired seven missiles in July, Seoul's Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
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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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The United States, Japan and South Korea  agreed on Friday to try to arrange a fresh round of six-party  talks this month on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs  despite growing concerns it might be tough to do so.
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U.S. and North Korean diplomats met face-to-face Tuesday to discuss international efforts to get the communist regime to give up its nuclear arms program and the North's demand for Washington to stop trying to freeze it out of the global banking system.