Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

Reports: North Korea resumes disablement

Oct. 12, 2008
North Korea will "immediately" resume work to disable its nuclear plants after the United States removed it from a list of states that sponsor terrorism, a top South Korean official said Sunday.
Related Stories from UPI.com
North Korea nuclear talks to resume

North Korea nuclear talks to resume

BEIJING, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A lead negotiator says he doesn't expect much to come from renewed six-party talks aimed at further dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs.

North Korea to boycott Japan in talks

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- North Korea says it won't acknowledge Japan in six-party talks aimed at further denuclearization.

N. Korea says Japanese crackdown political

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- North Korea accused Japan Saturday of engaging in an "unpardonable politically motivated crackdown" on groups that support it.

N. Korea outlines border closing

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- North Korean officials Monday detailed plans to close its border with South Korea as a protest of the South's plans to tie investment to nuclear disarmament.

N. Korean nuclear sites samples sought

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The United States says verification of North Korea's earlier nuclear activities must include samples taken from its nuclear sites.
North Korea issues warning to Japan

North Korea issues warning to Japan

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A North Korean newspaper warns Japan not to increase sanctions for the government's failure to finish an investigation of abductions that occurred 30 years ago.

Seoul hopes for economic gains with North

BEIRUT, China, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says Asian and European leaders should help him entice North Korea into demilitarizing through economic cooperation.

Russia, S. Korea in nuclear talks

MOSCOW, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Russian and South Korean leaders at the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament met Thursday in Moscow to coordinate negotiations.

IAEA says inspectors back in N.Korea

VIENNA, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday North Korea allowed its inspectors back into the Yongbyon nuclear facility.

Delisting not to affect abduction issue

TOKYO, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Taro Aso says resolving the Japanese nationals abduction issue with North Korea should not be affected by the recent U.S. action on Pyongyang.

N. Korea to resume nuke plant dismantling

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- North Korea says it will resume dismantling its nuclear reprocessing complex in the wake of a U.S. decision to drop the country from its terrorism list.

U.S. removes North Korea from terror list

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- North Korea has been removed from a U.S. list of possible terror threats worldwide, U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Saturday.

Report: North Korea may go off terror list

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The Bush administration may soon remove North Korea from the U.S. terrorism list, sources told The Washington Post.
Inspectors banned from N. Korean nuke site

Inspectors banned from N. Korean nuke site

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The North Korean government said Thursday that international inspectors won't be allowed into its Yongbyon nuclear reactor complex.

S. Korea: N. Korea unlikely to have nukes

SEOUL, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- North Korea is unlikely to have or actually started developing nuclear warheads, the chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday.
1 of 28
Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler