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Pyongyang signs non-aggression pact

IOL (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

North Korea has become the 15th nation outside of Southeast Asia to adopt ASEAN principles.

EDITORIAL: Pyongyang's Nuclear Declaration Must Be Verified First

Nikkei (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

EDITORIAL: Pyongyang's Nuclear Declaration Must Be Verified FirstTOKYO (Nikkei)--Foreign ministers of the six countries involved in the North Korean nuclear talks met Wednesday in Singapore and agreed on the need to quickly work out a detailed plan for verifying North Korea's declaration outlining its nuclear programs.

Intelligence collection, walk down memory lane

Presto Vivace Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

David Hubler In those Cold War days, listening to and translating news items into English from Radio Moscow and satellite states’ broadcasts from Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Bucharest, East Berlin, Sofia, Beijing, Pyongyang, Havana and, yes, even Tirana, proved invaluable to the agency, the White House and the rest of the intelligence community. President Kennedy learned that the Soviet naval vessels...

Some sense of internal debate in North Korea

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

INTERNATIONAL REPORT: “North Korea Razes Nuclear Tower, but Intent Is Less Apparent: Hints of shifting ties between reformers and conservatives,” by Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 28 June 2008, p. A5. Glass-half-empty says Pyongyang destroyed a nuke tower it...

NKorea signs ASEAN nonaggression pact

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

North Korea's reclusive communist regime, long seen as a nuclear threat to the region, signed a nonaggression pact Thursday with Southeast Asia, in a largely symbolic move. The move has no direct impact on the six-nation efforts to strip Pyongyang of its...

Rice, North Korea diplomat meet for 1st time

Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with her North Korean counterpart on Wednesday for the first time and prodded the government in Pyongyang to move quickly to dismantle its nuclear arms program.

• In first meeting, Rice presses North Korean on nuclear effort - International Herald Tribune

In First Meeting, Rice Presses North Korean on Nuclear Effort

OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with her North Korean counterpart for the first time, and prodded Pyongyang to move quickly to dismantle its nuclear arms program.

Rice says North Korea must agree to strong verification

Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday after talks with North Korea that she believed Pyongyang was under no "illusions" it had to agree to a strong mechanism to verify its nuclear activities.

Rice Meets North Korean Counterpart in Singapore

OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with her North Korean counterpart for the first time, and prodded Pyongyang to move quickly to dismantle its nuclear arms program.

Rice Meets North Korean Counterpart in Singapore

New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with her North Korean counterpart for the first time, and prodded Pyongyang to move quickly to dismantle its nuclear arms program.

US, North Korea hold highest level meeting in four years - Summary

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Singapore - The United States and North Korea held Wednesday their highest level meeting in four years over the dismantling of Pyongyang's nuclear programme. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her North Korean counterpart Pak Ui Chun, along w...

North Korea wants all sanctions lifted

News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

The United States should drop its hostile policy by lifting all its sanctions against North Korea, a Pyongyang official said Wednesday in Singapore.In the island state for a meeting of the foreign ministers of the six nations involved in North Korea's denuclearization, Ri Dong-il, speaking for the North Korean foreign minister, said his country last month submitted a long-due declaration of its nuclear...

Rice Meets North Korea's Top Diplomat

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Rice met North Korea's top diplomat, ending a four-year hiatus in cabinet-level contacts between the Bush administration and Pyongyang over its nuclear program.

North Korea demands end to US hostility

Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Just hours before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to meet with North Korea's top diplomat, Pyongyang insisted Wednesday it had met its commitments in nuclear negotiations and said Washington must completely abandon its "hostile policies" toward the regime.

US, China talk ahead of NKorea nuclear meeting

News & Information (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

The United States and China sent mixed signals over what they expect from a high-level meeting here Wednesday with North Korea about Pyongyang’s efforts to verify its nuclear disarmament….Read more

North Korea Explodes a Nuclear… Cooling Tower

hitsgaloremedia | 06/27/2008

The cooling tower now sits, demolished at the Yongbyon nuclear complex near Pyongyang, North Korea. Around 5pm their local time on Friday, the massive implosion took place at the yongbyon facility and was intended to be a huge symbol for the public. It builds momentum to end nuclear activities by the communist nation once branded as an “axis of evil” buy U.S. President George W. Bush With great timing...