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The United States assured North Korea of "a robust channel" for direct talks if it rejoins six-nation nuclear negotiations, as a senior U.S. envoy was in Pyongyang on Wednesday to try to salvage the stalled international talks.
The United States believes North Korea may be ready to resume talks on its nuclear program but will not offer any new inducements to get Pyongyang back to the negotiating table, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – President Barack Obama's envoy began a rare trip to North Korea Tuesday for the highest-level talks with the communist country in more than a year. A senior U.S. official warned of strong sanctions against Pyongyang unless it rejoins international nuclear talks. Envoy Stephen Bosworth's mission is to find out whether North Korea will return to the stalled international ...
Five North Korean artists have been banned from entering Australia for an exhibition of their work, the government said Wednesday, drawing accusations of censorship from the arts community.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s envoy to North Korea won’t offer any incentives to entice the regime to return to disarmament talks seven months after the country tested a second nuclear device, a U.S. official said.
SEOUL -- President Obama's envoy began a rare trip to North Korea on Tuesday for the highest-level talks with the communist country in more than a year. A senior U.S. official warned of strong sanctions against Pyongyang unless it rejoins international nuclear talks. Envoy Stephen Bosworth's mission is to find out whether North Korea will return to the stalled international talks on ending its ...
- October 2000: U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visits Pyongyang, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. - October 2002: Assistant U.S. Secretary of State James Kelly visits Pyongyang.
The United States assured North Korea of "a robust channel" for direct talks if the communist regime rejoined nuclear negotiations, while a senior U.S. envoy was in Pyongyang on Wednesday to try to salvage the stalled talks.
Australia was accused of censorship Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, after it denied visas to North Korean artists invited to a rare international exhibition of their work, saying their studio is a propaganda tool of their country's communist government.
But Those Talks will Only Happen if Reclusive Regime Agrees to Rejoin 6-Part Nuclear Negotiations
South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak instructed his government Tuesday to provide swift medical help to North Korea following reports the impoverished communist country has been hit by swine flu.
North Korean mothers who work at street markets are publicly voicing anger over the communist state's shock currency revaluation despite the fear of arrest, a South Korean report said Tuesday.
A US envoy heads to North Korea Tuesday to try to revive stalled negotiations on its nuclear weapons programme in the first high-level talks between the Obama administration and the communist state.
President Barack Obama's envoy began a rare trip to North Korea Tuesday for the highest-level talks with the communist country in more than a year. A senior U.S. official warned of strong sanctions against Pyongyang unless it rejoins international nuclear talks.
The U.S. envoy is on a mission to halt the North’s reactivated nuclear weapons program and persuade it to return to nuclear disarmament talks.
President Obama is sending Stephen Bosworth, a veteran diplomat, to Pyongyang to see if the North will return to the international disarmament talks that it abandoned this year.
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