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Only Details Left in North Korea Disarmament

Delegates head home to talk 'nuts and bolts' with their governments

Sep 30, 07 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea’s nuclear disarmament seems near at hand. Delegates from six-party negotiations returned home today to walk their governments through the plan's “nuts and bolts.” The talks fleshed out Korea’s February pledge to disarm for fuel aid. “Assuming we go forward with this, it lays... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • South Korea • Japan • nuclear weapons • nuclear • negotiations

US Knew About Israel's Raid on Syria in Advance

Shared intelligence on suspected nukes led
to mysterious airstrike

Sep 21, 07 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli intelligence provided President Bush with indications that North Korean nuclear officials had arrived in Syria before Israel stealthily bombed an alleged nuclear facility there. Although the US was reluctant to upset progress on North Korean nonproliferation, it nevertheless tacitly supported Israel's raid—and likely corroborated the facts before Israel... More »

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Bush administration • Israel • North Korea • Syria • nuclear program • George W. Bush

Korea Denies Secret Nuclear Pact with Syria

China cancels talks after Israeli raid
raises suspicions

Sep 18, 07 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea and Syria each strongly denied a secret nuclear alliance today, after an Israeli raid in Syria, rumored to be aimed at a nuclear installation, raised suspicions. North Korea called the pact a fabrication designed to stall progress in its multi-national nuclear negotiations, while a state-run Syrian newspaper said... More »

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China • nuclear proliferation • Israel • North Korea • Syria • nuclear weapons

Israeli Raid
on Syria Had Iran in Sights

Hush-hush attack may have targeted North Korean nukes

Sep 17, 07 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arab governments aren’t talking too loudly about the reported Israeli bombing of Syrian territory two weeks ago.  They’re waiting to see what the fallout is, Newsweek notes, for the real intended target—Syrian sponsor Iran. The raid appears to have been a signal that Israel will act... More »

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Iran • Israel • North Korea • Syria • nuclear weapons • United States • John Bolton • Damascus

Condi Now: The Cost of Loyalty

Hard-headed realist drank the Kool Aid

Sep 3, 07 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bond between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and President Bush is her chief asset—and a critical weakness—according to an analysis in the Washington Post. Both have been changed by the relationship; he from a foreign policy novice to veteran, and she, perhaps more profoundly, from a hard-headed... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • North Korea • Condoleezza Rice • Jim Wilkinson • George W. Bush

North Korea
Off Terror List

Rogue state claims US removed from blacklist after bilateral talks,
nuke agreements

Sep 3, 07 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has agreed to remove North Korea from an official list of state sponsors of terror, according to the authoritarian country's foreign ministry. The BBC reports that the move followed bilateral talks last week, and was one of many provisions traded for a dismantling of Kim Jong-Il's nuclear program. More »

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North Korea • terrorism • list • nuclear program • Axis of Evil • Kim Jong Il

N. Korea Agrees to Ban Nukes

Move could lead to friendlier relations with US

Sep 2, 07 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has promised to disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of this year, the BBC reports, possibly paving the way for warmer relations between the US and a country it now lists as a supporter of terror. After meeting with representatives from the North, US negotiator... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • South Korea • Japan • nuclear weapons • United States • Christopher Hill • Pyongyang • Yongbyon • nuclear reactor • Kim Jong Il

US May Take North Korea Off Terror List

Status change could come before nukes
are dismantled

Aug 30, 07 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US may be willing to remove North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, qualifying the country for American aid and World Bank loans, before Pyongyang has dismantled its nuclear weapons program. In the run-up to talks with North Korean officials in Geneva this weekend, the lead... More »

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North Korea • terrorism • nuclear weapons • United States • list • Pyongyang • Yongbyon • Chris Hill • Geneva

Two Koreas
Set Summit

Leaders of divided peninsula will
meet for first time since 2000

Aug 8, 07 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The leaders of North and South Korea will meet for a three-day summit at the end of the month for the first time in 7 years, Reuters reports. The summit in Pyongyang is expected to have little impact on the six-party negotiations that succeeded in inducing the North Koreans to... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • diplomacy • South Korea • Pyongyang • nuclear program

Ortega Snubs US, Seals Iran Trade Pact

US wary of Iranian toehold in
Latin American 'backyard'

Aug 6, 07 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicaragua has finalized a trade deal with Iran worth hundreds of millions of dollars despite bitter opposition from Washington, the Guardian reports. The deal will exchange Nicaraguan  bananas, coffee and meat for farm equipment and Iranian funds for infrastructure projects, including a hydroelectric dam, milk-processing plants, housing and a health... More »

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Iran • North Korea • Algeria • Cuba • Libya • trade • Nicaragua • Daniel Ortega • allies

Deal Close
on Disarming Nukes

North Korean talks extended, agreement near, says upbeat Hill

Jul 19, 07 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Negotiators were optimistic they're close to forging an agreement as early as tomorrow on a deadline for North Korea to permanently close down its nuclear facilities and reveal details of its nuclear weapons program, Reuters reports. The deadline could be as soon as the end of the year. The North... More »

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North Korea • nuclear weapons • Christopher Hill • Yongbyon • International Atomic Energy Agency

North Korea Shuts Down Reactor

UN nuclear inspectors to confirm claim; first fuel oil shipment arrives

Jul 14, 07 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea claimed to have shut down the nuclear reactor at Yongbyon today, just hours after a ship arrived bearing the first installment of the fuel oil that  was promised in exchange for closing the reactor. UN inspectors are headed to the site to confirm the shutdown, the first major... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • nuclear weapons • Pyongyang • Yongbyon • nuclear reactor • nuclear program

North Korea Seeks Military Talks With US

US parries request, stands firm on push to end nuclear programs

Jul 13, 07 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the eve of the arrival of UN observers monitoring the shutdown of its main nuclear plant, North Korea today appealed for direct military talks with the US. But Washington insists that the elimination of Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons program takes precedence, the Voice of America reports, and a South Korean expert... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • South Korea • IAEA • nuclear weapons • Pyongyang • Six nation talks

IAEA Prepares for Return to Pyongyang

Previously banished watchdogs will monitor reactor shutdown

Jul 9, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The International Atomic Energy Association has approved its mission to North Korea, and could be inside the pariah nation this week, the BBC reports. Officials will oversee the closure of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a major concession the north made in February in exchange for economic and energy aid which... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • IAEA • Kim Jong Il

North Korea Agrees to Fold Nuke Factories

Wins political concessions, economic aid for shutdown

Jun 29, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea reached a promising accord with the UN today, pledging to shut its main nuclear reactor in exchange for economic aid and political compromise from the US and its allies. IAEA inspectors returned today from the Yongbyon nuclear complex—the first visit since monitors were expelled in 2002—and... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • IAEA • nuclear • Yongbyon • nuclear reactor • aid

US Goes One-on-One With N. Korea

Top envoy dispatched to Pyongyang as nuke talks get serious

Jun 21, 07 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a sudden reversal of White House strategy, envoy Christopher Hill has been dispatched to North Korea for direct talks on dismantling the nation's nuclear arsenal, the New York Times reports. The move came just hours after the US released $25 million in frozen North Korean funds that had stalled... More »

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North Korea • nuclear weapons • Christopher Hill • Yongbyon • nuclear program

N. Korea Said Ready to Close Reactor in July

Pariah set to come in from the nuclear cold

Jun 18, 07 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea will close down its main nuclear reactor as early as next month, Reuters reports, citing Russia's Interfax news agency. UN  nuclear inspectors have been invited into the country; now a diplomatic source tell Interfax that inspectors will be present as the Yongbyon reactor, which produces weapons-grade plutonium, begins... More »

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North Korea • diplomacy • IAEA • Yongbyon • aid • nuclear program

Train Will Reunite Koreas—Briefly

May 11, 07 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - North and South Korea agreed today to allow the first train crossing of their heavily guarded border in over half a century. Two tracks have been reconnected for the test run on Thursday, the first time rail service has linked the countries since the middle of the Korean War. More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Trans Siberian Railway • train • railway • Korean War

(Newser) - Freezing accounts in a small bank in Macau 18 months ago was key to the recent U.S. success in negotiating an end to North Korea's nuclear program, the Journal reports. Tracing the "saga of bluff and brinkmanship" that led to the deal, the Journal shows the Bush... More »

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Bush administration • North Korea • Bill Richardson • Macau • nuclear program

Kim Jong-Il
Ate My Giant Bunnies!

And German rabbit farmer is hopping mad...

Apr 5, 07 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Szmolinsky sent giant rabbits to North Korea to alleviate hunger, and Kim Jong-Il ate them. The German rabbit farmer suspects that the twelve "German Grey Giants" he sent to the country were eaten at a birthday banquet for the dictator instead of being used in a breeding program... More »

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philanthropy • North Korea • weird • Germany • rabbits • giant rabbits • international development • hunger • hunger alleviation • Kim Jong Il • Karl Szmolinsky

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