Topic: East Asia

North Korea says new reactor to start soon

North Korea will soon start operating a new home-built nuclear reactor, its official news agency said Thursday in a commentary one year after Pyongyang publicly disclosed the plant."The day is near at hand when a light-water reactor entirely based on domestic resources ...

China says sanctions 'cannot solve' Iran issue

China said on Thursday sanctions would not "fundamentally solve" the Iranian nuclear issue and urged further dialogue to resolve an ongoing impasse over Tehran's atomic programme.The comments come after the United States and Europe said they may pursue fresh sanctions to try ...

China warns of turmoil over Iran, mute on sanctions

BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned on Wednesday against turmoil in the Middle East from action over Iran's nuclear program, but declined to comment on the possibility of new sanctions following a U.N. report that Iran appears to have worked on designing an ...

China urges Iran be flexible on nuclear program

BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged Iran on Friday to show flexibility over its controversial nuclear program and warned that the use of force to resolve the issue was the last thing the Middle East needed at the moment.The United States, Britain and ...

U.S. upbeat after North Korea talks, but no breakthrough

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States ended two days of meetings with North Korea on Tuesday sounding upbeat about an eventual return to wider talks on ending Pyongyang's atomic programs but saying there was no immediate breakthrough.Meeting for the second time in ...

U.S. upbeat after North Korea nuclear talks

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States is optimistic about an eventual return to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, the chief U.S. negotiator said on Tuesday after two days of meetings with North Korean negotiators.Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for ...

U.S.-North Korean nuclear talks delayed

GENEVA (Reuters) - A second day of scheduled talks between the United States and North Korea on nuclear issues has been delayed at the request of Pyongyang, but will take place later Tuesday, a U.S. statement said. No reason was given.The talks ...

N.Korea's Kim calls for nuclear talks, doubts on uranium

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il told Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang that a moribund 2005 deal should be the basis for fresh talks about Pyongyang's nuclear program, Chinese state media reported, leaving unanswered a key question on uranium enrichment.The ...

U.S. says N. Korea talks positive, issues remain

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States and North Korea have narrowed differences in a second set of talks since wider negotiations on nuclear disarmament collapsed in 2009, but issues remain, the top U.S. negotiator said on Monday.Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative ...
The United States and North Korea will meet in Geneva on Monday for their second round of direct talks aimed at reviving long-stalled nuclear disarmament negotiations.While analysts expect no breakthrough during the two-day meeting, they see engagement between the two parties as ...