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China calls for compromise on NKorea talks (AP)
AP - China called Thursday for a compromise among the parties to talks aimed at disarming North Korea's nuclear program in order to get the negotiations back on track.
US non-committal on resuming NKorea nuclear talks (AFP)
AFP - The United States said Wednesday it planned more consultations with its partners after hearing China's perspective on reviving stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea.
Skeptical US lays ground for N.Korea talks: analysts (AFP)
AFP - After months of rising tension, the United States is gingerly exploring how to launch talks with North Korea without loosening the screws on the isolated state, experts say.
NKorea forges trade docs to dodge sanction: report (AP)
AP - North Korea has changed the names of its trading companies and falsified trade documents to avoid international sanctions and continue exporting weapons, a news report and an intelligence official said Wednesday.
Doubts grows over N.Korea Kim succession (AFP)
AFP - Scepticism is growing about the prospect of a second dynastic succession as North Korea prepares for a rare meeting expected to endorse the process, a welfare group with cross-border contacts said Wednesday.
N.Korea seeks stronger ties with China (Reuters)
Reuters - North Korea vowed to strengthen military ties with China on Wednesday, days after the North's leader Kim Jong-il finished a visit aimed at bolstering the bond with his isolated country's sole major supporter.
N.Korea forges trade documents to dodge sanctions (AFP)
AFP - North Korea is forging trade documents and changing the names of its trading firms to try to dodge international sanctions, a Seoul intelligence official and a media report said Wednesday.
Carter briefs administration on N.Korea visit (AFP)
AFP - Former president Jimmy Carter on Tuesday gave a rundown on his visit to North Korea to the current US administration, which insisted that Pyongyang carry out commitments before any negotiations.
South Korea offers North aid, China wants nuclear talks (Reuters)
Reuters - China pressed regional powers on Tuesday to restart talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, and Seoul offered aid to its destitute neighbor despite a new round of U.S. sanctions against Pyongyang.
Why only North Korea may be ready for six-party talks (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Beijing is back to herding cats in its oft-frustrated efforts to relaunch six-nation talks aimed at ending North Koreaâs nuclear program.
China prods N.Korea on economic reform (AFP)
AFP - China has pressed North Korea to speed up economic reforms in a summit encounter that underscored Beijing's concerns about its impoverished and wayward ally, experts said Tuesday.
US slaps new sanctions on North Korea (AFP/File)
AFP/File - The US government has slapped new sanctions on North Korea, targeting illegal trade in arms, drugs and luxury goods, as it steps up the pressure over the sinking of a South Korean warship.
Japan says too early to resume Korea nuclear talks (AP)
AP - Japan rejected North Korea's apparent interest in a quick resumption of six-party talks on Pyonyang's nuclear program, saying Tuesday that the time was not right for fresh discussions.
S.Korea and US to stage joint naval drill (AFP)
AFP - South Korea said Tuesday it will stage a joint naval exercise with the United States next week, the latest in a series of drills aimed at warning North Korea after its alleged attack on a warship.
NKorea confirms Kim's not-so-secret trip to China (AP)
AP - After Kim Jong Il's safe return, North Korea confirmed what for days had been clear: the Dear Leader was on a not-so-secret trip to northeastern China.
Obama expands North Korea sanctions, striking at illicit enterprises (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration on Monday slapped new sanctions on North Korea in an effort to clamp down on the varied illicit activities that keep the pariah state afloat.
Obama widens U.S. sanctions on North Korea (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama broadened financial sanctions on North Korea on Monday and froze the U.S. assets of four North Korean citizens and eight firms in part to punish it for the sinking of a South Korean warship.
N.Korea leader nods to new generation in power (AFP)
AFP - North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-Il emphasised the "rising generation" during a visit to China that analysts said was part of an elaborate transition to his nation's second dynastic succession.
N.Korea accuses S.Korea of blocking access to Twitter (AFP)
AFP - North Korea accused The South Monday of blocking its people from accessing online social-networking sites launched by the secretive communist country.
Japan complains to China about business environment (AFP)
AFP - Japan pressed China to improve its climate for foreign businesses during talks Saturday between the world's number two and three economies that also touched on the issue of North Korean disarmament.

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