US envoy discusses North Korea in Seoul

2011-01-05T03:30:14Z

A US envoy on Wednesday held talks with Seoul officials on easing tension on the Korean peninsula as Pyongyang urged an early end to confrontation over its deadly attack on a South Korean island.

Stephen Bosworth, the US special envoy on Japan war games kicked off Friday in waters off the tense Korean peninsula as the UN's atomic watchdog voiced "great concern" about North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

The manoeuvres in the United States said Monday it was ready to talk to North Korea if it returns to six-nation disarmament talks but said that the goal must be a complete end of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons.

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US must change Pyongyang policy: NKorean diplomat

2010-06-25T16:25:31Z

North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Park Gil Yon told the UN General Assembly Monday that the key to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula was whether Washington was prepared to change its nuclear policy toward Pyongyang.

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SKorea leader urges North to return to nuke talks

2010-06-25T16:26:39Z

SKorea president says non-nuclear NKorea prerequisite to unified Korea

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Wednesday that North Korea must scrap its atomic weapons programs before the divided Korean Peninsula can be unified with the...

SKorean president calls for arms talks with NKorea

2010-06-25T16:34:30Z

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak Saturday called for talks with North Korea aimed at ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons as well as making cuts in conventional weapons.

"Nuclear weapons do not guarantee North Korea's security. They only cloud its future," Lee said in a speech to mark Korea's 1...

Kim's call for Korean denuclearization a 'good thing,' US says

2010-06-25T18:06:21Z

The US State Department said Friday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's reported call for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula is "a good thing."

In Beijing, Chinese state media reported that Kim said he wanted a nuclear-free Korean peninsula a...

UN Koreas Clash

2010-12-18T17:31:33Z

Vitaly Churkin, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to the media Saturday Dec. 18, 2010 at the Russian Mission in New York during a news conference regarding the U.N. Security Council scheduling of an emergency meeting at

South Korea Typhoon

2010-09-01T23:40:05Z

Hundreds of fishing boats take shelter at a dock on Jeju island, South Korea as Typhoon Kompasu, the seventh tropical cyclone in the region this year, approaches the Korean Peninsula Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Ho-cuhn)

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South Korea Liberation Day

2010-08-14T23:15:46Z

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks during the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean peninsula from Japanese colonial rule, in front of Gwanghwamun, the restored main gate to the royal Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, S...

Koreas-US-Military-Drills

2010-07-27T23:00:13Z

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, a Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 14 flies Tuesday, July 27, 2010 near the South Korea amphibious ship Dokdo in the East Sea off the Korean peni...

APTOPIX Koreas-US-Military Drills

2010-07-26T11:16:38Z

In this Monday, July 26, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Tuscon (SSN 770) transits the East Sea, off the Korean peninsula, while leading a 13-ship formation. South Korea and the

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