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South Korean officials are claiming that the United States has made some major concessions to North Korea to break a deadlock on the inspection of Pyongyang's nuke facilities. The two countries are currently on the last legs of negotiations focusing on opening up North Korea's nuclear program to international inspectors. Lee Se-ki, chief policymaker of the governing Democratic Liberal Party in South Korea, said in a report to a party meeting that the U.S. has offered to wait five years before conducting a full inspection on its operations -- something that may anger Seoul. Both U.S. and North...
...predicted before discussions resumed Friday in Geneva after a six-week break. The two sides today attempted to bridge new gaps that arose over the weekend, with no reports of progress. The U.S. is complaining that North Korea suddenly won't allow previously agreed-to U.N. inspections of its nuke plants; Pyongyang is crying foul over a joint American-Japanese naval exercise off the Korean coast...
...nabbed two thieves who were about to make off with 21 pounds of plutonium from a nuclear complex in central Russia. The non-weapons grade element can be used to make fuel for nuclear power plants. The arrests were the latest in a series of cases involving theft of nuke material from Russian plants and research facilities...
...nuclear reactor as a condition of opening its nuclear program to international inspectors. If that deal flies, according to the government organ, Pyongyang will seek a "package deal" that includes full diplomatic ties. The talk may not be so tough, since the Clinton Administration quietly floated the nuke offer weeks ago. Even as relations with the North grew somewhat warmer, the U.S. had to reprimand the South. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Gallucci, the chief U.S. negotiator, slammed Seoul for rhetorical attacks on the North and for the wide publicity Seoul gave to a North Korean defector...
...signs--a series of hand-painted meticulously lettered sheets of poster board: "Live by the Bomb, Die by the Bomb" and "Civilized People Do Not Nuke Fellow Humans." These signs have been destroyed and remade countless times over the years, but Concepcion says she does not mind putting them back together after storm or beatings, so long as she can continue to try and communicate her message to the American public...