Reuters: Top News: ""The United States is not going to engage in bilateral negotiations with the government of North Korea," said White House spokesman Tony Snow, saying Washington was sticking to its position that any negotiations be conducted through a six-nation format.
Reuters: Top News: "U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said the move to negotiate a peace treaty at the same time as six-country talks on dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear programs was not a new approach undertaken by President George W. Bush's administration.
Quite right. After bashing Clinton's dealings with N. Korea, the Bush administration, out of options, is now reverting back to Clintonian policies. What goes around, comes around. -- David R. Remer, PoliWatch.Org.
Reuters: Top News: "TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea may be preparing to launch a long-range ballistic missile that could reach parts of the United States, Japanese media reports said on Friday, but Japan's government said it did not believe a launch was imminent."
The Washington Times: World: "A South Korean delegation left for Pyongyang yesterday to finalize plans for a visit by former President Kim Dae-jung and, potentially, the first North-South summit in six years."
World Press Review: Breaking News: "Chosun Ilbo, Conservative daily of Seoul, South Korea"
American occupation is becoming fairly unpopular in a number of places! -- David R. Remer, PoliWatch.Org.
BBC: World: "The US refuses to drop financial sanctions against North Korea amid rows over stalled nuclear talks."
Unintended as it is, this is part of how Kim Jung Il keeps power, by demonstrating to his people how western policies are starving their nation (of course it is the dictators policies starving his nation, but, his people have no way of knowing that). -- David R. Remer, PoliWatch.Org.
USATODAY.com News - Top Stories: "North Korea suggested Tuesday it had the ability to launch a pre-emptive attack on the United States, according to the North's ..."
So, why is the Bush Administration saying Iran which doesn't have nuclear weapons is the greatest threat facing America today? -- David R. Remer, PoliWatch.Org.
Reuters: Top News: "BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea will resume six-party talks on its nuclear activities only if the United States drops threatened sanctions against it, a North Korean official said on Wednesday as talks between Tokyo and Pyongyang ended in rancor."
USATODAY.com News - Top Stories: "South Korea decided Thursday to begin talks with the United States toward achieving a free trade agreement between the two countries, ..."
Reuters: Top News: "SEOUL (Reuters) - A U.S. crackdown on North Korean finances has not only hit Pyongyang hard but also exposed a divide between Washington and Seoul that the two governments may have trouble bridging, analysts said."
New York Times: International News: "Washington's effort to press its case against counterfeiters has become mired in the tricky politics of an even larger and more serious problem: nuclear proliferation."
New York Times: International News: "Kim Jong Il's visit was notable for his focus on China's economy and for the enigmatic air of secrecy that enshrouded him."
Reuters: Top News: ""All countries should be doing everything they can to get the DPRK to come to the talk and fulfil obligations under the Beijing agreement," Christopher Hill, the top U.S. negotiator with North Korea, told reporters in Hanoi."
Reuters: Top News: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday rejected North Korea's demand to end a crackdown on the communist state's finances before nuclear weapons talks can restart and said this matter is "not subject to negotiation.""
USATODAY.com News - Top Stories: "The United States has put off buying 25,000 tons of food aid promised to North Korea this month, insisting on assurances the ..."
The Washington Times: World: "North Korea's government has produced more than $45 million in high-quality fake $100 bills since 1989 and is the world's only state-sponsored producer of the so-called "supernote," according to U.S. law-enforcement officials."
Reuters: Top News: "Chinese Ambassador Ning Fukui said in a meeting with a key South Korean lawmaker that building trust between Pyongyang and Washington was essential for advancing six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs."
USATODAY.com News - Top Stories: "Talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear program recessed Friday with no sign of progress amid rancor between the North and ..."
World Press Review: Breaking News: "Chosun Ilbo, Conservative daily of Seoul, South Korea"
Reuters: Top News: "SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Monday it would attend a new round of six-party talks over its nuclear weapons programs in early November as agreed but questioned whether Washington was prepared to stick to a deal reached last month."
Toronto Star: World: "TOKYO - North Korea is committed to unconditionally resuming talks on its atomic weapons program and returning to the international nuclear non-proliferation pact, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Friday after days of talks in Pyongyang. "
World Press Review: Breaking News: "Chosun Ilbo, Conservative daily of Seoul, South Korea"
CNN: Politics: "Read full story for latest details."
BBC: World: "The US formally accuses North Korea of forging millions of dollars of high-quality counterfeit US dollars."
ABC News: Politics: "Congress Budget Analyst Says Government Tab for Hurricane Relief Likely to Cost Less Than $150B"
Reuters: Top News: "SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea appeared to back away on Tuesday from its demand for atomic energy facilities up front before it scraps its nuclear weapons programs, saying it wanted the United States to supply reactors "as early as possible"."
Newsweek: World News: "Washington used to have most of the chips in six-party talks over Pyongyang's nuclear program. But Beijing is the key player now%u2014for better and worse."
Christian Science Monitor: All Stories: "Kim Jong Il may really want to denuclearize in order to help his new, small, but troubled market economy."
Reuters: Top News: "SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea accused the United States on Wednesday of using diplomatic talks to try and take away its nuclear arms so that Washington could crush the reclusive state with an atomic weapons strike."
Christian Science Monitor: All Stories: "Agreeing in principle was the first step. Details will be addressed in November talks."
Reuters: Top News: "BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea promised to give up its nuclear weapons program on Monday, defusing a high-stakes crisis, but skeptics said the deal hammered out in Beijing was long on words and short of action."
BBC: World: "North Korea's demand for a light water nuclear reactor opens a fresh gulf with the US, as Beijing talks continue."
CNN: World: "North Korea has reiterated its demands to maintain a civilian nuclear program as delegates began the latest round of international talks on Pyongyang's nuclear plans in Beijing."
Reuters: Top News: "SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States is ready to seek a negotiated settlement at multilateral talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, the top U.S. negotiator to the discussions said on Monday."
New York Times: International News: "Even as the announcement came from Beijing about talks resuming on North Korea's nuclear program, a new player who seems likely to complicate the talks took the stage."
Reuters: Top News: "PYONGYANG (Reuters) - North Korea on Monday blamed war games between South Korea and the United States for a delay in six-party talks resuming, but said negotiations on ending the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula could resume next month."
Reuters: Top News: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States predicted on Tuesday it could break an impasse over North Korea's demand that it has the right to develop peaceful atomic energy in a sign of a softening U.S. stance ahead of the resumption of six-party talks."
CNN: World: "North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator says Pyongyang may be willing to offer proof that it does not have a uranium-based weapons program, which the United States claims it does."
Reuters: Top News: "BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea put the onus on the United States on Tuesday to resolve the stalemate over its atomic ambitions, saying Washington should allow it to retain nuclear programs for peaceful purposes."
The Washington Times: World: "Sixty years after the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese are beginning -- with a gentle nudge from Washington -- to talk openly about the long-forbidden subject of nuclear weapons."
New York Times: International News: "Each side said the other must budge on the issue of "peaceful use" nuclear programs if any deal is eventually going to be made."
BBC: World: "North Korea's wish to keep a "peaceful nuclear capacity" appears to deadlock six-nation talks in Beijing."
The Washington Times: World: "The U.S. approach to this week's six-party talks with North Korea has left some backers of a tougher stance toward Pyongyang uneasy and less influential than in the past, U.S. offaicials said yesterday."
New York Times: International News: "North Korea said the U.S. proposal demands too many steps toward dismantling the country's nuclear program before providing any corresponding aid."
Toronto Star: World: "BEIJING - North Korea's government and international aid agencies are running short of food, forcing hungry people to scavenge for acorns, grass and seaweed, the U.N. food agency said yesterday as talks on the North's nuclear program began in China's capital. "
USATODAY.com News - Top Stories: "Negotiators on Wednesday began a second day of talks aimed at persuading North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions after the ..."
BBC: World: "US and North Korean negotiators hold a rare bilateral meeting ahead of key six-party nuclear talks."
New York Times: International News: "The U.S. unexpectedly held talks with North Korea in Beijing today, on the eve of critical six-nation negotiations."
Reuters: Top News: "SEOUL (Reuters) - Agreeing a peace treaty to replace the armistice that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War would resolve the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula, a spokesman for North Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Friday."
Reuters: Top News: "BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is willing to resolve acrisis over its nuclear arms program at next week's six-party talks in Beijing, but said normalizing relations with Washington was key to a deal, Chinese media said Thursday."
Christian Science Monitor: All Stories: "South Korea offers to supply North Korea with 2 million kilowatts of electricity."
New York Times: International News: "South Korea offered to supply North Korea with electrical power, should the north agree to dismantle its nuclear-arms program."
USATODAY.com News - Top Stories: "North Korea said Saturday it will abandon its yearlong boycott of nuclear disarmament talks and resume negotiations this month ..."
USATODAY.com News - Top Stories: "The two Koreas agreed Thursday to seek a peaceful resolution to the international standoff over the North's nuclear program, ..."
Reuters: Top News: "SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will give up its missiles if the United States establishes diplomatic ties with it, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told a South Korean minister last week, an official in the South said on Monday."
CNN: Politics: "President Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun presented a united front Friday on getting North Korea to return to six-party talks about Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal, with both leaders saying their alliance remains "strong.""
ABC News: Politics: "Bush, South Korean Leader Differ on How to Bring North Back to Nuclear Talks"
USATODAY.com News - Top Stories: "The White House said Tuesday that North Korea, in talks with the United States, gave no indication that it is ready to return ..."
New York Times: International News: "North Korea has contacted the Bush administration in what could be an indication that the country is preparing to return to negotiations about its nuclear program."
USATODAY.com News - Top Stories: "North Korea said Thursday that it is ending a decade-old program that searches for and recovers the remains of Americans still ..."
USATODAY.com News - Top Stories: "North Korea said Thursday that recent remarks by Vice President Dick Cheney about ruler Kim Jong Il, labeling him an "irresponsible" ..."
New York Times: International News: "South Korea said Monday it saw no clear evidence that the North was preparing for such a nuclear test."
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