Energy company BP is moving ahead with plans to try to clog up the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow with mud. NPR's Richard Harris reports. BP officials say they now have gear in place to measure the huge buildup of pressure inside t

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By David Gollust State Department 01 February 2007 The chief U.S. delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program says there are reasons to expect progress at the next round, which begins in Beijing February 8. Assistant Secretary of

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 21 June 2007 The senior U.S. diplomat in charge of negotiating an end to North Korea's nuclear weapons programs has made an unannounced visit to the North Korean capital. Just hours after he arrived, however, North Korea appeared

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The U.S. State Department said it expects a meeting in Beijing next week on ending North Korea's nuclear program to be difficult, but that no consideration is being given to scrapping the six-party talks. The senior U.S. delegate to the talks Friday

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The Obama administration is advising patience in efforts to develop a unified response in the U.N. Security Council to North Korea's test of a long-range ballistic missile on Sunday. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had telephone discussions on th

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Japan's military is getting ready to shoot down part or all of the rocket North Korea is planning to launch, if it looks like it will land anywhere on Japanese territory. Meanwhile, senior regional envoys are heading to Washington to craft a diploma

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 21 October 2009 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says North Korea remains a real threat to security on the Korean peninsula and in the world. He is in South Korea, where he is urging Seoul to beef up its military to reflect it

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By Kurt Achin Pusan, South Korea 22 October 2009 Human rights organizations say tens of thousands of North Koreans live in forced labor camps for political reeducation, where torture, starvation, and illness are commonplace. North Korean defectors s

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By Scott Stearns Rostock, Germany 06 June 2007 Japan and the United States want the world's leading industrialized nations to put more pressure on North Korea to comply with an international agreement aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program. VOA

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: North Korea's missile tests and the United States' response have stirred debate among North Korea's neighbors. The latest missile shots into the sea were seen as a provocation. And a day later, the United States said it had start

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump is expected to greet three Americans when they land in the United States after being detained in North Korea. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo secured their release during a visit to North Korea to help arrange the

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Vice President Pence has started his five-day trip in Asia. The idea is to highlight two longstanding alliances the U.S. has in the region and send a message to North Korea. The alliance with one Asian partner is smoother than the

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 09 December 2006 News reports indicate that planning is under way to re-start the long-stalled North Korean nuclear talks on December 16. There has been no official confirmation from any of the six governments involved in the t

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By Scott Stearns White House 14 September 2006 President Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun say they are committed to resolving the nuclear stand-off with North Korea diplomatically. Mr. Bush says the United States wants security on the Ko

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The North Korean leader has apparently chosen person who will eventually succeed him. That news accompanies possible signs of North Korean mid-range missile tests, in addition to the long-range rocket the North may be planning to launch, later this

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 08 May 2008 A memoir of life in a North Korean gulag is to become the latest South Korean film project aiming a spotlight at the North's human rights situation. As VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports, the book has already w

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 08 August 2007 South Korea have surprised much of the world by announcing their leaders will meet later this month. It will be only the second top-level meeting in the two countries' history; the firstmeeting dramatically shifted

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By Al Pessin Washington 19 June 2006 S. Koreans use binoculars to look at the North side from Imjingak near the border village of the Panmunjom, north of Seoul, June 18, 2006 The Defense Department says in the absence of any statement by the North K

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North Korean Defector Hopes To See Loved Ones Again But Remains Skeptical MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In South Korea, people are optimistic following last week's historic summit between their leader, President Moon, and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. That's

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The Bush administration's top official on North Korea is returning to the region later this week, just days after Pyongyang missed a deadline to file a complete declaration of its nuclear activities. Under terms of an agreement reached with the Unite

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