All posts tagged "denuclearization"

  • Lippert NK
    US to keep pressing N. Korea amid Iran deal: US envoy

    SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) — The United States will continue efforts to beef up military deterrence and economic sanctions on North Korea for its weapons of mass destruction program as long as it refuses to return to...

    • Posted July 16, 2015
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  • Switzerland Iran Nuclear Talks
    S. Korea expects Iranian nuclear deal to affect N. Korea

    SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) — South Korea expressed hope Thursday for a final deal between Iran and six global powers on Tehran’s nuclear program, saying it could positively affect efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue....

    • Posted July 9, 2015
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  • timonin-221x300
    Russia refuses to put pressure on N. Korea for denuclearization

    SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) — International pressure will not lead North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, Moscow’s top envoy to Seoul said Thursday, calling for a peaceful and diplomatic solution to the issue. Ambassador Alexander...

    • Posted June 11, 2015
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  • Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, left, shakes hands with her South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)
    Five middle powers call for denuclearization of N. Korea

    SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) — Five middle-power countries were united Friday in calling for a breakthrough in efforts to denuclearize North Korea, similar to a recent Iranian nuclear deal. The foreign ministers of South Korea, Mexico, Indonesia,...

    • Posted May 22, 2015
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  • U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert speaks during a defense forum, organized by the state-run Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, at a Seoul hotel on April 15, 2015. (Yonhap)
    Lippert urges N. Korea to come out for sincere talks on denuclearization

    SEOUL  (Yonhap) — The top U.S. envoy here Wednesday urged North Korea to show sincerity for its denuclearization prior to reviving the long-stalled multilateral nuclear disarmament talks. “We have reiterated many times that we are willing to...

    • Posted April 15, 2015
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  • Kim Jong
    N. Korea-US meeting yields no denuclearization progress

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — No new proposal was made when top North Korean nuclear negotiators held rare meetings in Singapore with former American negotiators and scholars earlier this month, a senior South Korean official said Thursday. Pyongyang’s chief...

    • Posted January 30, 2015
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