Topic: North Korea

US, South Korean envoys meet as China pushes to restart North Korea nuclear weapons talksSouth Korea's envoy to stalled North Korean nuclear talks is meeting with senior U.S. officials as China and the North reportedly are pushing for the disarmament negotiations to ...

US non-committal on resuming NKorea nuclear talks

The United States said Wednesday it planned more consultations with its partners after hearing China's perspective on reviving stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea. The non-committal notes from Washington came as a delegation led by China's top nuclear envoy Wu ...

Carter briefs administration on N.Korea visit

Former president Jimmy Carter on Tuesday gave a rundown on his visit to North Korea to the current US administration, which insisted that Pyongyang carry out commitments before any negotiations. Carter, who last week brought home an American teacher who was imprisoned ...

Carter brings American home from North Korea

Former US president Jimmy Carter returned Friday to a hero's welcome as he brought home safely an American national sentenced to eight years hard labor in North Korea. Friends and family gathered excitedly at Boston's Logan International Airport to greet Aijalon Mahli ...
Jimmy Carter secures release of American imprisoned in North Korea since JanuaryA smile flickered across Aijalon Gomes' face as he hugged former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and boarded a plane for Boston on Friday, seven months after his arrest in North Korea. ...
Former US president Jimmy Carter flew out of North Korea Friday after securing the release of an American citizen and a pledge from Pyongyang that it wants to resume nuclear disarmament talks. The Nobel peace laureate left the reclusive communist state with ...
A major South Korean naval exercise designed to strengthen defences against North Korean attacks went into a second day Friday, as the communist North bristled over the drill. The exercise is one of a series planned in coming months in response to ...
North Korea renewed its threats of military retaliation Sunday ahead of a visit to South Korea by a US envoy as Seoul and its allies look to impose fresh sanctions on Pyongyang. The North will "sternly and mercilessly" punish South Korea over ...
Clinton pushes Asian nations on NKorea, Myanmar, territorial disputesThe Obama administration on Friday lashed out at belligerent acts by North Korea, human rights abuses in military-run Myanmar and, in a sign of new U.S. attention to the Pacific, claimed the resolution of ...
The United States plans to freeze some 100 overseas bank accounts believed linked to illicit North Korean transactions, South Korean media reports said Friday. "The assets in those accounts are likely to be money (leader) Kim Jong-Il needs to operate his regime, ...
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