Negotiations with the DPRK to reverse its nuclear weapon program changed character in 2008 with the bilateral US-DPRK channel overshadowing the 6-party forum. US negotiator, Christopher Hill, secured new freedom from President Bush to secure a...

Dictatorial, Communist and closed up, that is how the US media habitually describes North Korea. But, it seems to be the only nation in Asia with gumption. It continues to have large enriched-uranium resources, ready for nuclear warfare....

Though it was widely expected, wrongly I suppose, given the complex nature of negotiations, that a treaty would be signed at the end of six-nations’ meet on North Korea and there would be plenty of smiles and handshakes. Nothing of the sort...

North Korea may have agreed to take ‘practical measures to neutralize the existing nuclear facilities within this year,’ but the US doesn’t look too convinced to clear the former off from its list of states that sponsor terrorism....

The U.S. official, Christopher Hill, at North Korean nuclear talks made a stern statement on Sunday that complete eradication of the communist regime’s atomic program remains far from satisfactory levels. But in the same breathe he also...

The transfer of blacklisted North Korean asserts from a Macau bank finally began making its way after months of delay. Earlier, Macau bank had frozen $25 million of funds amid the concern of N Korean desire to enrich nuclear power. This...

The US Assistant Secretary of State, Christopher Hill, and the North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister, Kim Kye-gwan, the top nuclear negotiators representing the US and North Korea respectively, are on the threshold of a historic event, peaceful...

The six-nation talks, heading the fourth day in Beijing, to dissolve the North Korean nuclear deadlock doesn’t appear to close in an optimistic note as Pyongyang looks in no mood to miss out the golden opportunity to grab as bigger pie as...

US-North Korea talks over halting North Korea’s nuclear program and lifting of sanctions does not appear to have much headway at the six-nation Berlin talks. While the North Korean envoy Kim Kye-Gwan claim to have reached a unspecified...

China has flayed the Japan-sponsored resolution on North Korea calling for sanctions for its missile tests as an over-reaction, which would not only split the Security Council but would also aggravate contradictions and increase tension. Even South...