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North and South Korea created hallmark in the history for the first time since 1950-53 when a pair of train from both sides passed the border shedding aside the legacy of the Cold War era. The trips are only test runs because North refused to give..

North Korea, the eight added nation to the school of nuclear warhead equipped nations, denied meeting the Saturday's deadline of closing its nuclear reactors. The reason for the reluctance is imminent, as promises made to North Korea by the U.N have not..

The apparent explosion of a nuclear device by North Korea in October last year followed many six-nation talks, many standoffs, boycotts and delays that even went to the brink of war. However, U.N. nuclear inspectors with an aim to stop North Korea...

When the pot is still very hot and Bush administration is denying no salvo against Ms. Nancy Palosi for her en-route trip to Syria, they are allowing another Democrat's trip to another enemy country. White House is sponsoring Mr. Bill Richardson's trip.

Differences between the United States and North Korea over a transfer of the North's funds in Macau appears to be widening to a larger extent that may well delay or hit the mid-April deadline given to North to shut down their critical nuclear reactor...

Four days of negotiations on freezing North Korea's nuclear programme were derailed on Thursday after no progress was seen by Pyongyang in unfreezing its funds in a Macau bank as promised. North Korea has been insisting since Monday on...

As April 14, the date before which North Korea has to begin the process of shutting down the Yongbyon nuclear plant as per the February 13 Beijing Agreement, draws near newer anxieties are aired by some close observers of the issue. The capping has...

North Korea is desperately seeking to reverse its economic downfall by getting the sanctions withdrawn. The agreement signed in February in Beijing exactly served this purpose well for North Korea. It took long and painful negotiations to bend...

Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, may have reached North Korea to nail down North's critical nuclear enrichment program scheduled at the six nation talks held earlier in Beijing, the agreement between the UN and North Korea...

Mohamed ElBaradei, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in Beijing today that the work of inspecting and closing the nuclear facilities of North Korea would be a complex and slow process as the UN inspectors and Korea have to..