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US cool over North Korea's latest talks offer

WASHINGTON - The United States has said it wants "credible negotiations" with North Korea as Pyongyang in its latest offer has expressed desire to start "senior-level" talks with America on regional peace and easing tensions. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, are said to have discussed the issue by telephone Sunday evening. They agreed to close ...
South Korean leader flags risks in engaging North

SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye yesterday warned against engaging North Korea in a token dialogue that would only allow Pyongyang more time to develop its nuclear weapons programme.The warning came in a 20-minute telephone call between Park and US President Barack Obama the day after North Korea proposed opening direct de-nuclearisation talks with the United States.The offer was ...
US-North Korea talks must include nuke issues UN says

A U.N. spokesman on Monday said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon believes any dialogue between the United States and North Korea should focus on the goal of de-nuclearizing the Korean ...
Video Obama We will consult closely with Russia on North Korea

xPresident Obama said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had "very productive" discussions about North Korea, and expressed some hope that as a result of Iran's recent election "we may be able to move forward on a dialogue that allows us to resolve the problems with Iran's nuclear ...
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received copies of "Mein Kampf" from Kim Jong Un to celebrate the leader's birthday. The books were distributed as part of a "hundred-copy book," a Pyongyang practice in which small numbers of books are distributed among top officials. Most books are forbidden in North Korea, making the gift especially significant. In the past, Kim has gifted his top-ranking officials ...

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People attend a mass rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 14, 2013.(Photo:Agencies) North Korea on Sunday proposed high-level talks with the United States to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula, a week after it scrapped planned official talks with South Korea for the first time in over two years. North ...
North Korea Ratifies Willingness to Hold Talks

Pyongyang, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People''s Republic of Korea (DPRK) ratified today its willingness to hold talks with the United States and the government of Seoul on the ...
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North Korean soldiers march during a military parade to mark 100 years since the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty ...
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US cool over North Korea's latest talks offer

WASHINGTON - The United States has said it wants "credible negotiations" with North Korea as Pyongyang in its latest offer has expressed desire to start "senior-level" talks with America on regional peace and easing tensions.

President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, are said to have discussed the issue by telephone Sunday evening.

They agreed to close "coordination" on North Korea, both governments said.

"Our desire is to have credible negotiations with the North Koreans, but those talks must involve North Korea living up to its obligations to the world, including compliance with UN Security Council resolutions, and ultimately result in denuclearisation," US National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said.

The latest offer from North Korea came Sunday, days after planned talks between Pyongyang and Seoul were cancelled after disagreement over delegates.

But the reclusive nation demanded talks "without preconditions" even as US officials have always suspected that North Korea has been using provocations

as a ploy to win concessions before offering dialogue and then resort again to raising tensions.

The US wants North Korea to take concrete steps to demonstrate a willingness to abandon its controversial nuclear weapons programmes before diplomatic discussions. ...