Oct 02 North Korea Says Fuel Rods Processed for Nuclear Bombs North Korea said Thursday it had processed some 8,000 spent fuel rods that could be used to make atomic bombs, another in a series of moves in the ongoing nuclear standoff with Pyongyang. Continue reading
Aug 28 Summit on North Korean Nuclear Weapons Yields Mixed Results Diplomats' hopes of easing tension between the United States and North Korea were somewhat dampened Thursday when North Korean officials reportedly spoke of the possibility of beginning a nuclear weapons testing program. Continue reading
Aug 27 North Korea and U.S. Meet During Six-Nation Talks On the first day of multilateral talks in Beijing, representatives from the United States and North Korea held their first face-to-face meeting in four months as part of the six-nation negotiations. Continue reading
Jul 31 North Korea Indicates Possible Support for Multilateral Talks North Korea has proposed multilateral talks involving itself, the United States, China, Japan, South Korea and Russia to break the ongoing diplomatic stalemate over the country's nuclear weapons program. Continue reading
Jul 21 North Korea Reportedly Operating Secret Nuclear Facility U.S. officials said North Korea may have a secret nuclear facility capable of making weapons-grade plutonium. The reports emerged even as North Korea's intensified rhetoric against the United States. Continue reading
Jul 16 North Korea Claims Nuclear Advances, China, U.S. Confer Chinese officials have called on the United States and North Korea to begin talks aimed at defusing tension over North Korea's purported pursuit of a nuclear weapons program. Continue reading
Jun 18 Powell Says North Korea Is Most Serious Weapons Worry Secretary of State Colin Powell said at a meeting of Southeast Asian countries in Cambodia on Wednesday that North Korea tops the list of the United States most urgent nuclear weapons worries. Continue reading
Apr 24 Powell Warns North Korea As Beijing Talks End Early Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that three-way talks between the U.S., China and North Korea aimed at ending a diplomatic standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program ended Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. Continue reading
Apr 16 U.S.-North Korea to Hold Talks Over Nuclear Standoff The United States, China, and North Korea plan to hold talks in Beijing next week to discuss the North's suspected nuclear weapons programs. Continue reading
Apr 14 South Korea Presents Plan to End North Korea Nuclear Standoff South Korea presented the United States with a plan Monday they hope will end the ongoing diplomatic standoff over the North Korea's nuclear program. Continue reading