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N Korea 'allows US nuclear visit' North Korea has reportedly agreed to let a group of experts visit its top facility at Yongbyon
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| Jan.5 |
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N. Korea offers 'bold' nuke deal North Korea is willing to halt its nuclear activities to get 6-nation talks started again
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| Jan.9 |
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US team visits key site A non-official delegation visited the secret nuclear complex at Yongbyon
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| Jan.11 |
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Seoul seeks nuke visit report Officials are due to get a first hand report on North Korea's Yongbyon facility from an unofficial U.S. delegation
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| Jan.15 |
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North Korea sends nuclear warning
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| Jan.21 |
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Expert not convinced on NK nukes Sigfried Hecker could not say if it really was bomb-grade plutonium metal as North Korea claimed
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| Feb.2 |
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N. Korea talks this month
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| Feb.8 |
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Food aid dries up More than 6 million North Koreans will go without emergency food aid until April. The UN blames funding crisis
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| Feb.9 |
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N Korea denies nuclear disclosures
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| Feb.24 |
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Mixed hopes at N. Korea nuke talks 6-nation talks on resolving the nuclear crisis have begun after a flurry of last minute meetings
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| Feb.25 |
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US and North Korea hold key talks
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| Feb.26 |
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North Korea talks extended
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| Feb.27 |
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N Korea nuclear talks near finale
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| Feb.28 |
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US: N. Korea talks exceeded expectations The United States declared six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis 'very successful'
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| Apr.18 |
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Kim 'in China for secret talks'
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| Apr.22 |
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Many casualties in train crash| 2 trains carrying flammable materials have exploded in a station and leaves up to 3,000 people dead or injured | | |
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| Apr.23 |
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100 bodies found in train blast A massive wreckage left by a blast was ignited by a spark, caused when a rail car carrying explosives touched a cable
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Rare appeal for help from N. Korea U.N. Secretary-General Annan said that a U.N. mission will 'mobilize immediate support and assistance'
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N Korea admits 'serious' accident
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| Apr.24 |
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Red Cross: Train explosion site flattened A Red Cross worker has described the scene as one of devastation, with burned and 'totally flattened' buildings
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| Apr.25 |
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Train disaster death toll rises The toll from explosion has reached 161, according to a Red Cross. More than 1,300 have been injured
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| Apr.26 |
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Train blast site 'apocalyptic' An international aid official was shocked at the widespread destruction and says urgent medical help is needed
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| May.21 |
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Japan PM starts landmark summit| Junichiro Koizumi has started talks with the North Korean president, to discuss the fate of the relatives of abducted | |
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| Jun.3 |
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Koreas agree on easing tensions
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| Jun.4 |
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Koreas to open new transport link
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| Jun.24 |
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N. Korea makes N-test threat
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| Jun.25 |
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N Korea talks fail to end impasse
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| Jul.1 |
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Powell meets N Korean minister
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| Jul.23 |
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US donating food aid to N Korea
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| Jul.26 |
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N Korean defectors flown to Seoul
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| Sep.8 |
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N Korea warns of nuclear arms race
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| Sep.11 |
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Big blast reported| A big explosion rocked a northern province near the border with China on the 56th anniversary of the country founding | | |
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| Sep.12 |
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Blast 'was not nuclear' The United States and S. Korea have played down suggestions that a massive explosion in was caused by a nuclear device
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N Korea says it blew up mountain| North Korea has given its first explanation for the huge blast. The foreign minister it was part of a hydro-electric project | |
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| Sep.13 |
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N Korea allows blast site visit A British diplomat is to be allowed to visit the site of an explosion that raised fears of a nuclear test
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| Oct.18 |
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US law promises help to N Koreans President Bush has signed a law that offers support for human rights groups and for refugees leaving the secretive state
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| Oct.25 |
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Seoul finds holes in North border South Korea has put frontline troops on high alert after finding 2 holes cut in the wire along heavily fortified buffer zone
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| Nov.1 |
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ElBaradei issues N Korea warning The chief weapons inspector says North Korea is presenting a serious challenge to attempts to limit the nuclear weapons
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| Nov.20 |
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Bush urges unity against N. Korea nukes| U.S. President met with a succession of Asian leaders in Santigao at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit | |
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