Pyongyang

By contrast, Iran is an important trade partner several thousand kilometers away, with a damaged but functioning economy. In addition, Pyongyang has twice tested a nuclear device and may have extracted enough plutonium for six to eight...

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...A rare direct meeting between North Korean and American officials next week is unlikely to produce a major breakthrough in the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program, media reports cited a senior Seoul official as suggesting Sunday.

In this article: Seoul, U.S., Barack Obama, Washington, South Korea, Kim Jong Il, and Japan

...may return to the six-party talks to denuclearize the hermit state if bilateral talks with the United States turn out favorable for Pyongyang, a top Chinese defense official said Friday in Tokyo. Liang Guanglie was in Tokyo to meet Prime...

In this article: United States, North Korea, Tokyo, Kim Jong Il, University of Tokyo, and Yukio Hatoyama

...and nuclear-armed North Korea, once described as being as close as "lips and teeth," have soured in recent years, especially since Pyongyang held nuclear test blasts in 2006 and again this year in May. But Kim told Chinese Defense Minister...

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...Stephen Bosworth to the country on Dec. 8. In early October, North Korean leader Kim Jong Ill, meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Pyongyang, expressed his country's "readiness" for multilateral talks, including the six-party talks,...

In this article: Barack Obama, North Korea, United States, Wen Jiabao, U.N. Security Council, South Korea, Lee Myung Bak, and Kim Jong Ill

...by the Obama administration and the U.N. Security Council to put pressure on North Korea to return to the table, and expressed hope Pyongyang would relent. "International cooperation is perfect in my opinion in terms of trying to resolve...

In this article: Barack Obama, Lee Myung-bak, United States, South Korea, European Union, Climate change, and U.S. Senate

Obama said he planned to send his special envoy to North Korea Dec 8 in a bid to restart stalled multinational talks to end Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme. Speaking at a press conference in Seoul on the final leg of his Asian...

In this article: Barack Obama, Lee Myung Bak, US, North Korea, Seoul, South Korea, Japan, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and China