North Korea must seize the chance at talks: Seoul
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North Korea must seize the opportunity presented by six-country talks next week to agree to initial steps on dismantling its nuclear weapons program, the South's new foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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SEOUL North Korea is seriously reconsidering its role in talks on its nuclear programs because of what it sees as a concerted campaign to topple the government in Pyongyang, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said Monday.
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A North-South summit could provide a breakthrough in the crisis over Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear ambitions, South Korea&#39;s prime minister was quoted as saying on Friday, but the
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South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon called at the United Nations for a swift resumption of talks aimed at convincing North Korea to shelve its nuclear weapons programme.
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South Korea sees no need to rush into a further round of talks on the North's nuclear weapons ambitions, President Roh Moo-hyun said on Wednesday.
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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 talks on ending Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear weapons programs.
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While asserting that North Korea may be bluffing in claiming to have nuclear weapons, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon urged Pyongyang to resume negotiations "as a responsible member of the international community."
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North Korea's No. 2 leader said Monday that his country still wants to settle the dispute over its nuclear program through dialogue, as China tried to cajole the North back into stalled six-nation talks, calling for flexibility by all sides.
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South Korea&#39;s defence minister on Saturday called on Seoul&#39;s negotiating partners to keep up the momentum in nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, saying they offered the best path to peace.
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North Korea appealed at high-level talks Thursday for aid from South Korea, which appeared resistant to promising major assistance until Pyongyang keeps its pledge to start dismantling its nuclear weapons program.
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North Korea remains committed to using  six-party talks to defuse a crisis over its nuclear weapons  programs, but only if certain conditions are met, a U.N.  official said on Monday after visiting the reclusive state.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has  called on the United States to try dialogue with North Korea  rather than take a hard-line approach in its efforts to  persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program.
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South Korea plans to intensify diplomatic  efforts to hold six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs  in early October now chances look slim for a meeting this  month, the foreign minister told Reuters on Thursday.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun was due to meet Prime Minister Tony Blair for talks likely to be dominated by the nuclear ambitions of Seoul's reclusive northern neighbour.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell joined  South Korea Tuesday in seeking to restart talks on North  Korea's nuclear ambitions right after U.S. elections, but  Pyongyang said this was impossible.
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South Korea and China have urged North Korea to return swiftly to six-nation talks after the Stalinist regime sent global tensions spiking by saying it planned to carry out a nuclear test.
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North and South Korean officials meet in high-level talks this week.