North Korea

North Korea Reiterates Pledge to Freeze Nuclear Program

North Korea promised Tuesday to suspend its nuclear power program and refrain from testing or making atom bombs, in a move that South Korea said would propel the next round of six-nation nuclear talks.

North Korea Invites U.S. Delegation to Tour Nuclear Complex

A U.S. team plans to tour North Korea's main Yongbyon nuclear complex next week, marking the first foreign visit to the site since the Communist country expelled United Nations inspectors on Dec. 31, 2002.

International Consortium Suspends North Korea Nuclear Power Project

The Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization announced Friday that it is suspending a North Korean nuclear power project for one year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.