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Obama ready to help a non-nuclear North Korea

Reuters US Online Report Top News yesterday

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said he was willing to help North Korea repair its economy and end decades of international isolation if Pyongyang stopped a cycle of threats and finally moved toward nuclear disarmament. Speaking to reporters at the ...

Obama says talks under way on Iran sanctions

AP News yesterday

Obama says US pursuing possible international sanctions against Iran over nuclear standoff President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States has begun talking with allies about fresh punishment against Iran for defying efforts to halt its nuclear weapons pursuits. Obama's tough talk ...

Obama says envoy will head to NKorea next month

AP News 2 days ago

Obama says envoy will go to North Korea in early December for bilateral talks President Barack Obama says his envoy on North Korea will travel to the country early next month for the first bilateral talks with the communist regime since he ...

Obama, Lee to seek 'grand bargain' with NKorea

AP News 2 days ago

Obama, Lee agree to seek 'grand bargain' over North Korean nuclear standoff South Korea's president says he and President Barack Obama have agreed to offer North Korea a "grand bargain" aimed at ending the North's nuclear program. Speaking at a joint news ...

North Korea maneuvers to evade U.N. sanctions: experts

Reuters US Online Report World News 2 days ago

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea appears to be taking elaborate measures to evade U.N. sanctions aimed at its nuclear and missile activities, arms trading and import of luxuries, U.N. experts say in a new report. The Security Council imposed the sanctions, ...

Obama to end Asia tour with talks on North Korea

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 2 days ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss luring a reluctant North Korea back to nuclear dealings and a long-delayed trade pact with Seoul in talks with President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday at the end of his Asian tour. Obama, who ...

North Korea's nuclear plans cloud Obama in Seoul

Reuters US Online Report World News 2 days ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for talks that will focus on how to tempt North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks and a delayed trade pact between Seoul and Washington. North Korea stoked regional ...

The face that launched a thousand North Korean tirades

Reuters US Online Report World News 3 days ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - The one certainty in unpredictable North Korea is that if the state detonates a nuclear device or leader Kim Jong-il visits a duck farm, Ri Chun-hee will be on TV boasting about the amazing accomplishment. Ri is the forceful ...

Obama wraps up China trip with PM talks, Great Wall

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

US President Barack Obama wraps up his trip to China on Wednesday with a mix of diplomacy and sightseeing, meeting Premier Wen Jiabao for a working lunch and visiting the Great Wall. Obama held the bulk of his formal talks on Tuesday ...

China, US call for resumption of N.Korea talks

AFP Asian Edition 3 days ago

China and the United States want talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme to resume "as soon as possible", US President Barack Obama said Tuesday after talks with his host Hu Jintao. "We agreed on the importance of resuming the six-party talks ...

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