The six-party North Korea nuclear talks went into a critical new phase this week with only a flicker of hope keeping the negotiations alive and no guarantee of future progress. If anything, th.. [Dec.23,2006 11:50 KST]

North Korea's top nuclear envoy urged the United States on Friday to drop its financial sanctions to move ahead six-party talks on his country's nuclear program. Kim Kye-gwan made the call aft.. [Dec.22,2006 20:51 KST]

South Korea and the United States signed a deal Friday that raises Seoul's share of the cost of keeping U.S. forces here by 6.6 percent, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said. About 30,000 U... [Dec.22,2006 20:44 KST]

South Korea's National Assembly on Friday approved a bill extending the country's troop presence in Iraq. The bill calls for the deployment of troops in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil for o.. [Dec.22,2006 20:34 KST]

The latest round of six-party talks aimed at persuading North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions ended with no brekthroughs and even no date set for the next meeting, a statement said. Hos.. [Dec.22,2006 20:04 KST]

North Korea and the U.S. stepped up their war of words surrounding the military exercises jointly participated in by the U.S. and South Korea. This... [Dec.22,2006 13:14 KST]

The United States wants to abandon the quid-pro-quo approach to nuclear negotiations with North Korea and instead exchange package of actions, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday. .. [Dec.21,2006 19:13 KST]

Chief nuclear negotiators from North Korea and the United States met one-on-one again on Thursday to try to narrow differences over the communist country's nuclear weapons program. The meeting,.. [Dec.21,2006 19:08 KST]

The meetings underway in China’s capital represent the "second part" of the fifth round of six-party talks aimed at persuading North Korea to... [Dec.21,2006 14:05 KST]

Negotiators have decided to extend the talks over North Korea's nuclear program till Friday given the growing possibility of hammering out a compromise, South Korea's chief envoy said Wednesday Chun.. [Dec.20,2006 20:30 KST]