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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 31 August 2007 A senior United States envoy says he is hopeful progress will be made toward scrapping North Korea's nuclear arsenal during bilateral U.S.-North Korean talks over the weekend. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA, the ta
By Kurt Achin Seoul 24 October 2007 Senior South Korean officials say North Korea is ready to start dismantling key nuclear facilities within weeks. The moves are part of a multinational agreement aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons programs.
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 March 2008 North Korea is warning it may slow or even halt its cooperation in dismantling key nuclear facilities, amid a dispute with Washington over an alleged uranium enrichment program. Pyongyang has also conducted a short r
A senior North Korean official says his country is beginning to restore a disabled nuclear facility capable of producing weapons material. Pyongyang says the United States has not fulfilled obligations under a multinational agreement to get rid of t
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 August 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is launching an emergency operation this week for thousands of people who have fled renewed fighting between government and rebel forces in North Kivu in the E
By Kurt Achin Seoul 24 August 2007 South Korea has announced another aid package for North Korea following reports of serious flood damage there. After sending more immediately needed items like water and noodles, Seoul says it will now send heavy ma
The United States Tuesday called North Korea's announced decision to suspend the disablement of its nuclear facilities a step backward in the six-party disarmament process. North Korea said it took the step because it has not been taken off the U.S.
A senior U.S. diplomat will meet a North Korean foreign ministry delegation Thursday in New York to discuss the next steps for the six-party accord, under which Pyongyang is to end its nuclear program in return for aid and diplomatic benefits. VOA's
North Korea has warned South Korean military leaders it may suspend a key inter-Korean industrial project if South Korean civic groups do not stop launching leaflets into the North's territory. VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports. South Korea
By Greg Flakus New Orleans 22 April 2008 U.S. President George Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico concluded their two-day summit meeting in New Orleans Tuesday, highlighting the benefits all three nations have gained from the North American Fr
By Kate Woodsome Hong Kong 31 October 2007 A team of U.S. experts is preparing to travel to North Korea this week to oversee the shutdown of the country's main nuclear facility. As Kate Woodsome reports from VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong, the c
By Kurt Achin Seoul 21 November 2007 Advocacy groups are criticizing South Korea for abstaining from a United Nations resolution that expressed concern over human rights abuses in North Korea. The South's decision to abstain comes a year after Seoul
By Jim Malone Washington 07 May 2008 In the U.S. presidential race, Democrat Barack Obama won a convincing victory Tuesday in the North Carolina primary. Rival Hillary Clinton claimed victory in a close race in Indiana. VOA National correspondent Jim
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 06 February 2008 A key U.S. State Department official has renewed his call to North Korea to account for all its nuclear activities. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill issued his appeal as he briefed membe
By Kurt Achin On Board the USS Nimitz, Sea of Japan 03 March 2008 North Korea is warning this week's large-scale military exercises between the United States and South Korea could damage diplomatic efforts to end the North's nuclear weapons programs.
By Kurt Achin Seoul 18 August 2007 North and South Korea have postponed a summit planned for later this month. North Korea asked for the delay until October because of extensive flood damage in the impoverished communist nation. VOA's Kurt Achin repo
Washington's main envoy on the North Korean nuclear issue is in Pyongyang, aiming to convince leaders there not to reverse promises they made last year. As VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports, if the talks fail, the stage could be set for the
South Korean officials are suggesting a compromise aimed at reviving efforts to get rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons may not be far off. The United States and North Korea have been negotiating intensively on a means of confirming the accuracy of
The United States said Monday it is not removing North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism until Pyongyang produces an acceptable plan to verify its nuclear program. Monday was the earliest date that North Korea could have been droppe
By Kurt Achin Seoul 01 April 2008 North Korea has singled out South Korea's president for harsh criticism, for the first time since he took office. Meanwhile, the chief American envoy to talks aimed ending North Korea's nuclear weapons is in Seoul,