South Korea's nuclear research irks North and complicates talks
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SEOUL -- North Korea accused the United States of applying a double standard on the Korean peninsula and warned yesterday of a nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia following the revelation that South Korean scientists enriched a tiny amount of uranium in 2000.
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South Korea denied harboring any nuclear weapons ambitions Friday, saying a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists shouldn't derail U.S.-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea's nuclear programs.
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A dispute over whether North Korea has given the U.S. details of its nuclear programs has become the latest hurdle in efforts to rid the North of its atomic arsenal.
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South Koreaâs Foreign Affairs-Trade Ministry is stepping up efforts to dispel foreign suspicions over a controversial uranium enrichment experiment by Korean scientists in 2000.
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This week's talks between Japan and North  Korea show that efforts to hold another round of six-party  negotiations on the North's nuclear program are gathering pace,  South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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The United States and South Korea have played down suggestions that a massive explosion in North Korea last week was caused by a nuclear device.
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North Korean and US officials met this week to discuss the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula. It appears they came no closer to resuming multilateral
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SEOUL -- A delegation from the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency arrived in South Korea yesterday for a follow-up probe into the country's secret nuclear experiments. The visit follows South Korea's recent admission that its scientists once dabbled in extracting plutonium and enriching uranium, both of which can be used to make nuclear arms. South Korea says the experiments were ...
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North Korea ruled out on Thursday any multi-party talks on its nuclear weapons programs until South Korea's recently disclosed past atomic experiments have been fully explained.
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North Korea says there will be no more bilateral talks with South Korea unless the South&#39;s secret nuclear experiments are thoroughly investigated.
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South Korea's top nuclear energy official on Tuesday  denied claims that scientists in his country had produced near-bomb-grade uranium, seeking to ease concern that the previously undisclosed experiments were in apparent violation of international law.
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North Korea will not dismantle its nuclear programs or improve ties with South Korea until questions about the South's nuclear experiments are clearly answered, Pyongyang said on Sunday.
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Talks on North Korea's nuclear programme face problems over Pyongyang's energy demands, Japan says.
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog  said Monday South Korea's failure to promptly report research  on the enrichment of uranium and plutonium separation to the  U.N. agency was deeply worrying.
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Of all the exchanges in the first presidential debate, at the University of Miami Thursday night, the one I found most perplexing was over the North Korean nuclear issue.
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North Korea Saturday dashed the South's  hope of quickly resuming bilateral talks between the two old  Cold War enemies, declaring there is no hope for progress  unless South Korea's nuclear experiments are fully  investigated.
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North Korea has demanded bilateral talks with the United States to defuse tension created by its announcement that it is a nuclear power, the communist state's U.N. envoy said in a South Korean newspaper interview published Friday.