Clinton briefs top US official on North Korea trip

2010-06-25T16:35:32Z

Ex-president Bill Clinton has given a top US official an initial readout on his North Korea trip and plans to conduct a more formal and in-depth debriefing for the White House, officials said Thursday.

Clinton spoke to a member of

Bill Clinton meets NKorea's Kim on historic trip

2010-06-25T16:37:13Z

Former US president Bill Clinton on Tuesday met North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il for "exhaustive" talks during a surprise mercy mission to Pyongyang to win the release of two jailed female US journalists.

North Korean state media said Clinton had delivered a verbal mes...

White House denies Obama message to Kim Jong-Il

2010-06-25T16:37:27Z

The White House denied reports on Tuesday that former president Bill Clinton handed over a message from President Barack Obama to hardline North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il.

"That's not true," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said when asked about the repo...

US Senate urges review of NKorea terrorism blacklist status

2010-06-25T16:40:19Z

The US Senate said Wednesday that North Korea poses a "threat" to its neighbors and mandated a review to see whether Washington should return the secretive regime to a US terrorism blacklist.

By a vote of 66-31, lawmakers asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday the United States is "going to look at" putting North Korea back on its list of countries that sponsor terrorism following Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests.

In an interview with ABC television, the top US diplo...

NKorea holding up progress on nuclear talks: envoys

2010-04-16T13:53:16Z

North Korea is holding up progress on ending its nuclear drive by refusing to accept a proposed verification accord, US and South Korean envoys said as disarmament talks remained deadlocked Thursday.

Negotiators from six nations seeking to end the impasse over the communist state's programme reported no progress as they entered their likely final day of talks in Beijing.

The ke...

North Korea: neutral instead of nuclear

2010-11-02T16:50:50Z

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China Koreas Clash

2010-12-23T10:31:44Z

U.S. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson gives comments on his North Korean trip after his arrival from Pyongyang at the Capital Airport in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

Associated Press Television News video, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, left, is greeted by Kim Yong Dae, vice president of Presidium of Supreme People's A...

South Korea Koreas Clash

2010-12-19T20:00:18Z

A South Korean resident enters a shelter on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Monday morning, Dec. 20, 2010. South Korean troops will conduct firing drills Monday from the border island shelled by a North Korean artillery barrage last month, despite Pyongyang's threat to retaliate again, the South's military said. (AP Photo/ Ahn Young-joon)

Noth Korea Koreas Clash

2010-12-16T20:01:30Z

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, U.S. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, left, arrives for a visit in Pyongyang, North Korea<...

North Korea

2010-12-14T04:01:40Z

In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, gets a briefing during his inspection of the renovated Pyongyang Flour Processing Factory in Pyongyang,

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