| US, NKorea nuclear envoys set to meet
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 AP - U.S. and North Korea envoys reopen nuclear talks Thursday, seeking ways for Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear programs in return for much-needed aid.
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| North Korea calls Seoul nuclear summit a "childish farce"
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Reuters - Isolationist North Korea lashed out at its neighbor on Wednesday for hosting an international nuclear security summit in Seoul next month, calling it a "childish farce" and an "intolerable grave provocation."
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| SKorean president says Seoul open to NKorea talks
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 AP - South Korea's president says Seoul is open to talking with an "open heart" if North Korea shows a willingness to improve ties.
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| North Korean envoy arrives for US nuclear talks
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AP - Pyongyang's top nuclear envoy arrived in Beijing on Tuesday ahead of the first nuclear talks with the United States since the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. |
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| North Korea ruling party to meet, may make succession official
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Reuters - North Korea's state media said on Monday its ruling Workers' Party will hold a key conference in April, the first since 2010, in which it is likely to make official the succession of power to its third generation of leadership. |
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| NKorea to hold special party conference in April
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AP - North Korea's ruling Workers' Party has announced it will convene a special conference in mid-April. |
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| North Korea threatens to attack South Korea over routine drills
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The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea will launch "merciless" strikes if South Korea goes through with planned live-fire drills near their disputed sea border, a North Korean officer said Sunday, amid persistent tension on the divided peninsula. |
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| Late NKorean leader gets military birthday tribute
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 AP - Army trucks loaded with artillery rolled by the memorial palace for North Korea's late leaders as Kim Jong Un presided over a military birthday commemoration for his father Thursday.
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| North Korea marks Kim Jong-il's birthday: Why's his son so quiet?
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The Christian Science Monitor - North Koreans showered superlatives of praise for the late âDear Leaderâ Kim Jong-il on what would have been his 70th birthday Thursday. |
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| China's Xi, US officials talk food trade in Iowa
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 Reuters - China's leader-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, gathered with U.S. agricultural officials in America's grainbelt on Thursday and stressed their shared interests in fostering increased trade in farm goods.
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| NKorea marks late leader's birthday by backing son
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 AP - Senior North Korean officials are pledging loyalty to new leader Kim Jong Un ahead of what would have been his late father Kim Jong Il's 70th birthday.
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| New statue depicts late NKorea leader on horseback
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 AP - Coat flying open, reins in hand, Kim Jong Il is depicted astride a galloping horse in a larger-than-life statue unveiled as part of birthday celebrations for the late North Korean leader.
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