N.Korea says no nuclear talks under U.S. sanctions
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North Korea said on Saturday it will  never return to talks on ending its nuclear weapons programs  under a U.S. crackdown on firms suspected of aiding Pyongyang's  counterfeiting and other illicit activities.
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North Korea said on Saturday it would not return to six-party talks on its nuclear program until President Bush spelled out the policies of his second term in office.
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The United States insisted Friday that North Korea could disable its nuclear facilities by the end of the year, even though negotiators have been unable to get a firm commitment from Pyongyang to do so.
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North Korea blames US financial sanctions for deadlock in multilateral talks on its nuclear programme.
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North Korea warned Japan on Wednesday  that it would treat economic sanctions as a "declaration of  war" and threatened to try to exclude Tokyo from six-party  talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arms programs.
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South Korea insisted Saturday it will never develop nuclear weapons, but North Korea ruled out dismantling its weapons program or resuming negotiations unless U.S. drops its policy of "double standards" on the two countries' activities.
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North Korea has shown no signs of  shutting down its main nuclear reactor and the source of its  weapons-grade plutonium since last month&#39;s deal calling for it  to be closed, South Korea&#39;s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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The Democratic People&#39;s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that the six-party talks will not be opened due to US hostile policy toward Pyongyang.
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North Korea declares itself a nuclear power and spurns the six-party talks, dashing hopes that Kim Jong Il can be coaxed down from his diplomatic ledge
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South Korea declared Saturday it has no  plans to develop or possess nuclear weapons, but said it would  pursue scientific atomic research transparently in cooperation  with the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
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North Korea has apparently decided  against holding six-party talks on dismantling its suspected  nuclear arms programs until after the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential  election, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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North Korea boasted publicly for the first time Thursday that it has nuclear weapons and said it will stay away from disarmament talks, dramatically raising the stakes in the 2-year-old dispute. The Bush administration called on Pyongyang to give up its atomic aspirations so life can be better for its impoverished people.
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North Korea declared on Thursday for the first time that it possessed nuclear weapons and said it was suspending participation in six-way talks on dismantling its nuclear programs for an indefinite period.
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North Korea called Wednesday for direct talks with the United States over a potential missile test, but the Bush administration rejected the overture, saying threats aren&#039;t the way to seek dialogue.
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North Korea has apparently decided against holding six-party talks on dismantling its suspected nuclear arms programs until after the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential election, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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North Korea is prolonging its isolation by refusing to return to six-nation talks aimed at dismantling the country&#39;s nuclear programs, US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said.
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North Korea declined a request to resume talks aimed at persuading the communist nation to abandon its nuclear weapons program, Japan&#39;s government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said.