Report: North Korea considers return to six-party talks on nuclear disarmamentOctober 5th, 2009 Report: North Korea considers multilateral talksBEIJING — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, meeting Monday with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, has expressed the North's willingness to hold multilateral dialogue, including six-party talks on nuclear disarmament, if its relations with the United States improve, China's Xinhua news agency reported. In April, North Korea declared its withdrawal from the six-party talks and in May, it conducted a second nuclear test.
North Korea warns against further sanctions, says it will respond to dialogue with USSeptember 30th, 2009 North Korea warns against sanctionsUNITED NATIONS — North Korea says it will strengthen its nuclear arsenal if new sanctions are imposed because of its weapons program. Pak Kil Yon, the country's deputy foreign minister, told the U.N.
Discussion with North Korea 'more fruitful' now: UNSeptember 28th, 2009 NEW YORK - Talks between the UN and North Korea have become "much more fruitful," the UN chief of political affairs said Monday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met on Sunday with Pak Gil Yon, North Korea's vice foreign affairs minister, to discuss a range of unsettled issues like the country's nuclear programme and humanitarian aid.
North Korea says it's in final phase of uranium enrichmentSeptember 3rd, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea said Friday that it was entering the final phase of uranium enrichment and was reprocessing plutonium for nuclear weapons from spent fuel rods. "Experimental uranium enrichment has successfully been conducted and entered into the completion phase," North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency reported, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.
South Korean president urges dialogue with PyongyangAugust 15th, 2009 SEOUL - South Korea's president Saturday called for dialogue with North Korea, urged Pyongyang to give up its nuclear programme and offered to restart aid so both Koreas could find ways to thrive. He promised to help North Korea if it gives up its nuclear programme after his government has virtually cut off all its economic and energy aid to the impoverished North, which alarmed the world this year with a nuclear test, a series of missile launches and threats against its neighbour.
North Korea No.2 says country not ready for disarmament talks if sanction push persistsJuly 15th, 2009 North Korea: No disarmament talksSHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — North Korea is not ready to resume disarmament negotiations over its nuclear program because the U.S. and its allies do not respect the nation's sovereignty, said the country's No.
G-8 strongly condemns North Korea's nuclear test and ballistic missile launchJuly 9th, 2009 G-8 condemns North Korea's nuclear testL'AQUILA, Italy — Group of Eight leaders have condemned "in the strongest terms" North Korea's nuclear test and ballistic missile launches. A G-8 statement Wednesday says North Korea's actions "pose a danger to peace and stability in the region and beyond."
North Korea conducted a nuclear test in May, and ballistic missile launches in April and again just days before the summit.
Nuclear issues of Iran, North Korea different: MedvedevJuly 4th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the nuclear issues of both Iran and North Korea are different and Pyongyang's activities have raise more concerns than that of Tehran. "I believe that the situation, say, in Iran and North Korea are different ...
US seeks a further UN resolution on North KoreaMay 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US said Tuesday it wanted a further, tougher UN resolution in response to North Korea's latest nuclear and missile tests. "We want a resolution that provides a strong response from the Security Council to this provocation of North Korea," said State Department deputy spokesman Ian Kelly.
North Korea may conduct another nuclear test: AnalystsMay 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - North Korea may fulfill a vow to conduct another nuclear test, analysts say. According to them, Pyongyang is elevating the nuclear threat level to new extremes.
Clinton hopes to resume talks with North Korea on its nuclear ambitionsApril 25th, 2009 Clinton hopes to resume nuclear talks with NKoreaBAGHDAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington hopes to resume talks with North Korea over its nuclear ambitions.
IAEA chief calls for dialogue on North Korea nuclear issueApril 20th, 2009 BEIJING - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei Monday called for dialogue to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue. 'The only way to resolve the issues is through dialogue,' ElBaradei told reporters at a conference on nuclear energy in Beijing.
UN nuclear body says NKorea could restart nuclear facility within monthsApril 20th, 2009 UN says NKorea could restart nuclear facilityBEIJING — The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says North Korea could restart its nuclear facility within months, but that he hopes negotiations on halting Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions can be revived. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed El-Baradei said Monday "it could be a question of months" when asked how soon North Korea could restart its nuclear facility.
North Korea stops IAEA nuclear inspectionsApril 15th, 2009 VIENNA - North Korea informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Tuesday that it would stop all cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog immediately, IAEA spokesman Marc Vidricaire said. IAEA inspectors are present in North Korea to monitor that the country's nuclear installations remain dismantled and turned off.
'North Korea will not quit nuclear programme under US threat'January 16th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons programme under US threat, a foreign ministry spokesman said here Saturday. 'If there is something to be desired by us (North Korea), it is not normalisation of relations with the US, but to boost nuclear deterrent in every possible way,' the official KCNA news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.
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