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nuclear disarmament stories: 35 news summaries

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North Korea Sticks on 'Axis
of Evil' List

Rice says Pyongyang hasn't made progress on nuclear issue

Aug 11, 08 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US will not remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, Reuters reports. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told her Japanese counterpart that Pyongyang had not made sufficient progress on a verification plan for its nuclear programs, which was a condition for removing it from the... More »

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North Korea • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear weapons • Pyongyang • Axis of Evil • nuclear disarmament

Bush Warns Korea on Nukes

In Seoul, tells North
to follow through or
be 'most sanctioned regime in world'

Aug 6, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush urged North Korea to keep its pledge to end its nuclear program ahead of a looming American deadline, reports Bloomberg. Speaking in Seoul alongside South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Bush said that Pyongyang must either "verifiably do what you say you are going to do, or you'll... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Seoul • beef • Axis of Evil • nuclear disarmament • Lee Myung-bak • George W. Bush

N. Korea OKs Nuclear Inspections 

But process may be mired in details until after Bush presidency

Jul 12, 08 5:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korean disarmament talks took another halting step today, as the nation agreed in principle to a deal for invasive nuclear inspections, the Washington Post reports. Pyongyang has promised to finish dismantling its Yongbyon reactor by October, and will let inspectors verify that it's down. But negotiators in the... More »

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North Korea • Yongbyon • nuclear inspections • six party talks • nuclear disarmament • six-party agreement

Iran Considering Nuclear Talks: Foreign Minister

New incentives could bring Tehran to table, enrichment freeze

Jul 2, 08 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran’s foreign minister turned heads yesterday with optimistic talk about nuclear negotiations with the international community, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tehran is “carefully examining” an offer of economic incentives, Manouchehr Mottaki said, and won’t rule out halting enrichment work during negotiations. “We see the potential... More »

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Iran • nuclear • negotiation • diplomat • nuclear enrichment • nuclear disarmament • Manouchehr Mottaki

 N. Korea Blows Up
 Nuclear Tower 

Move both symbolic and practical, since tower would take year to rebuild

Jun 27, 08 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea demolished the biggest symbol of its nuclear program today, destroying the water tower of its Yongbyon plutonium facility, which had been used to extract plutonium to build nuclear weapons until it was decommissioned last year. But the huge implosion wasn’t just symbolic—the tower would take at... More »

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North Korea • Yongbyon • six party talks • nuclear disarmament • plutonium • state sponsors of terror list

OPINION

Rice: Diplomacy Key in Progress on North Korea

Secretary sees 6-nation framework as only certain end to nukes

Jun 26, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Diplomacy is working with North Korea, and the US has made few concessions to bring the rogue state closer to eliminating its nuclear ambitions, Condoleezza Rice writes in today’s Wall Street Journal. "We and the other four parties will expect North Korea to cooperate with us in verifying... More »

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North Korea • diplomacy • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear disarmament

North Korea Hands Over Nuclear Data

White House moves to remove Pyongyang from 'axis of evil'

Jun 26, 08 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The North Korean regime has submitted a long-awaited rundown of its nuclear program to China, 6 months after its due date. The report is expected to detail the nation's plutonium enrichment efforts, but will probably leave out details of its nuclear arsenal, reports the BBC. The White House responded by... More »

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China • North Korea • nuclear weapons • six party talks • nuclear disarmament • plutonium

US to Press
N. Korea on Nukes: Bush

Prez disputes rumor that Washington
will compromise

Apr 19, 08 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush challenged rumors today that Washington will go easy on North Korea's nuclear program, the AP reports. Pyongyang must "provide a full declaration of its nuclear programs" and disable its reactor, Bush said at US talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. "Some people are precluding, you... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • economic sanctions • Pyongyang • nuclear disarmament

US Reports Some Progress in North Korean Nuke Talks

But envoy says no 'major breakthrough' yet

Apr 9, 08 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six-country negotiations aimed at producing a formal disclosure of North Korea's nuclear activities have advanced, Reuters reports, but aren't close to being settled. "We've definitely made some progress," said US envoy Christopher Hill today. "We still have a lot of work ahead of us. I don't want... More »

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North Korea • nuclear weapons • United States • Christopher Hill • Pyongyang • nuclear program • nuclear disarmament • nuclear arsenal • nuclear missiles

Irked North Korea Fires
Test Missiles

Pyongyang flexes military muscle as Seoul grows testy

Mar 28, 08 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea test-fired a number of short-range missiles into the waters off its west coast, according to South Korean officials, in an apparent show of anger at Washington and the new government in Seoul, Reuters reports. "We are monitoring the situation," said a South Korean presidential spokesman. The... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • nuclear program • Six nation talks • Kim Jong Il • nuclear disarmament • Lee Myung-bak

North Korea Boots Officials from S. Korea

Relations sour as South demands an end to nuclear program

Mar 27, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Korean officials left North Korea this morning, after receiving their eviction notice from Pyongyang. Relations have soured between the Koreas since the South demanded the North cease its nuclear activities, but the South said it was “undaunted” by the expulsion of its men. “We will deal with... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • diplomat • nuclear disarmament

Sarkozy: France Will Cut Nuclear Arsenal

Country will maintain 300 weapons, half its Cold War max

Mar 21, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said today the country will cut its nuclear weapons arsenal to 300, or “half the maximum number we had during the Cold War,” the BBC reports. The move is aimed at cutting costs and modernizing the arsenal; Sarkozy said he is committed to maintaining... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • nuclear weapons • nuclear disarmament • nuclear arsenal

North Korea Still Balking Over Nuke
Shutdown

Action slow until aid comes through: officials

Dec 27, 07 3:17 AM CST
(Newser) - North Korea is still dragging its feet in disabling its nuclear program, Reuters reports. The slowdown, which began last week, is due to delays in delivery of energy aid promised to North Korea as part of a deal reached earlier this year, authorities said. "We have no choice... More »

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North Korea • nuclear • Pyongyang • nuclear facilities • nuclear disarmament • plutonium

Bush Pulls About-Face on North Korea 

Offers normal ties to former 'axis of evil'
player for nuke secrets

Dec 7, 07 4:31 AM CST
(Newser) - In a sharp reversal from the days when he labeled North Korea part of the "axis of evil," President Bush has sent a letter to Kim Jong Il saying that if the dictator reveals the details of his nuclear program by the end of the year, the US... More »

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North Korea • Asia • United States • letters • George HW Bush • Kim Jong Il • six party talks • nuclear disarmament

Bush, Japanese PM Boost Ties

Leaders offer assurances on Afghanistan, North Korea

Nov 16, 07 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush and new Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda today vowed to reconcile hot-button issues concerning North Korea and Afghanistan that have strained relations, Reuters reports. In his first visit to the White House, Fukuda pledged to do his "utmost" to renew a refueling mission for coalition forces in Afghanistan,... More »

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Afghanistan • North Korea • Japan • Yasuo Fukuda • nuclear disarmament • George W. Bush

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