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China says 'very firm' with North Korea on nuclear program: Kerry

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured him that Beijing had been "very firm" with North Korea on its need to end its nuclear program.

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North Korea to discuss nuclear talks in Moscow - report

MOSCOW - North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator will meet senior Russian officials in Moscow next week, state media reported, amid signs of a new push to get Pyongyang to re-join protracted talks over ending its atomic program.

World, Russia, 29 Jun 2013

U.S. sanctions North Korea bank as it targets weapons program

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said on Thursday it was sanctioning North Korea's Daedong Credit Bank for its role in supporting Pyongyang's weapons of mass destruction program.

World, United Nations, 27 Jun 2013

U.S. sanctions North Korea bank as it targets weapons program

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said on Thursday it was sanctioning North Korea's Daedong Credit Bank for its role in supporting Pyongyang's weapons of mass destruction program.

World, United Nations 27 Jun 2013

China, South Korea push for North Korea talks

BEIJING - China's president welcomed his South Korean counterpart on Thursday as an "old friend of China" and agreed to make a push for new talks with North Korea on Thursday as two of Asia's newest leaders met for the first time.

World, China, South Korea, 27 Jun 2013

North Korea anxiety sparks South Korean global property binge

LONDON - A jump in tensions with North Korea has fed a tenfold surge in overseas commercial property spending by investors south of one of the world's most heavily armed borders, making South Korea the largest property investor so far in 2013.

South Korea, 23 Jun 2013

South Korea's Park set to charm China, show up the North

SEOUL - When the presidents of China and South Korea meet in Beijing this week, they will likely use a rapport that blossomed eight years ago to find common ground on North Korea as well as seek ways to boost already vibrant economic ties.

World, China, South Korea, 23 Jun 2013

North Korean U.N. envoy urges end to economic sanctions

UNITED NATIONS - North Korea's envoy to the United Nations on Friday called on the United States to lift its economic sanctions against Pyongyang and urged U.N. members not to follow Security Council sanctions imposed over the North's nuclear and missile tests.

World, United Nations, 21 Jun 2013

North Korean leader Kim used luxury yacht to tour coast: website

SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un toured the impoverished country's east coast last month in a 95-foot luxury yacht, a boat that could be prohibited under U.N. sanctions, a website that tracks events in the reclusive state said.

Lifestyle, 19 Jun 2013

North Korea repeats offer for nuclear talks

BEIJING - A top North Korean diplomat repeated an offer for international talks over his country's disputed nuclear program during a meeting in China on Wednesday, saying the denuclearization of the peninsula was the "dying wish" of North Korea's founder.

World, China 19 Jun 2013

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Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.

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