U.S. envoy to travel to N. Korea for nuclear talks

Sep. 29, 2008

The United States, in the latest bid to salvage the North Korea nuclear deal, is sending a senior diplomat to meet with North Korean leaders, the State Department announced Monday.

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. Korea seen likely to attend new talks

SEOUL, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- North Korea will likely agree to resume the six-party talks on its nuclear program before U.S. President George Bush leaves office, sources say.

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.

N. Korean nuclear sites may remain closed

SEOUL, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. and North Korean officials reached a tentative deal that may leave undeclared nuclear sites closed to international inspectors, an official said Friday.

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.

Japan says no to N. Korean offer

TOKYO, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has turned down a U.S.-supported North Korean nuclear verification offer, sources told the Financial Times.

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.

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Chief U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said Friday he had "substantive" talks with North Korea over nuclear disarmament, but no breakthrough was reported.

U.S. resumes talks with North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. envoy Christopher Hill was in North Korea Wednesday for negotiations aimed at rescuing a nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang.

N. Korea hits out at United States

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- North Korea, in the midst of resuming nuclear production, says the United States is using the six-nation talks as a trick to initiate another war against it.

EU: Iran close to nuclear capability

VIENNA, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The European Union warned the U.N. nuclear watchdog Wednesday that Iran could soon have the capacity to make a nuclear weapon.

Rice: N. Korea's move means isolation

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- North Korea's action to resume nuclear production will only make the country more isolated, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday.

N. Korea said resuming nuclear plant work

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The United States indicated Wednesday it wasn't changing its stance on North Korea despite reports that Pyongyang had resumed construction of a nuclear plant.