Topic: North Korea

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 ...

Optimism in check as U.S., North Korea set to talk

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two days of U.S.-North Korea talks opening on Monday in Geneva are aimed more at managing tensions on the tense Korean peninsula than resuming regional talks on ending the North's nuclear programs.U.S. officials and analysts were keeping expectations low ...

North Korea and U.S. to meet in Geneva next week: report

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States will hold a second round of talks in Geneva next week to discuss ways to restart regional talks on disabling North Korea's nuclear weapons program, South Korean media reported Monday.Yonhap news agency quoted ...

N.Korea could conduct third nuclear test: Seoul

North Korea could conduct a third nuclear test or another missile launch before next year's US and South Korean presidential elections if disarmament talks fail, a senior Seoul official warned on Friday.The communist North abandoned six-party nuclear talks in April 2009 and ...

US, N. Korea 'may hold' nuclear talks this month

The United States and North Korea are likely to hold a second round of talks this month to try to revive international nuclear disarmament negotiations, a South Korean report said Sunday.The meeting may come after a summit between US President Barack Obama ...
A former diplomat in Pyongyang cast doubt Wednesday on North Korea's willingness to denuclearise, saying its officials believe Libya's regime would have survived had it kept its nuclear weapons.Diplomatic efforts are under way to revive six-nation talks on the North's nuclear disarmament. ...

China urges new push for North Korea nuclear talks

BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged regional powers on Monday to revive moribund nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, with its foreign minister Yang Jiechi defending Beijing as an honest broker seeking to defuse confrontation with Pyongyang.Yang made the call at a forum ...