WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Senior officials of the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had talks in New York on Saturday, the State Department said.
Sung Kim, special envoy for the six-party talks on nuclear issues of the Korean peninsula, met with Ri Gun, deputy representative of the DPRK at the six-party talks, State Department spokesman Noel Clay said in a statement.
"Ambassador Sung Kim took the opportunity to meet with him (Ri)in New York on Oct. 24 to convey our position on denuclearization and the six-party talks," Clay said.
The six-party talks involve China, the United States, the DPRK, Russia, South Korea and Japan.
The United States has been urging the DPRK to give up nuclear arms for years. Although it agrees to be open to have dialogue with Pyongyang, the Obama administration insists that Pyongyang must agree to return to the six-party talks.
Any of U.S. bilateral contacts with the DPRK should lead to the resumption of six-party nuclear disarmament talks, U.S. official said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Friday froze the assets of a bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), further beefing up its financial sanctions against the country.
The latest U.S. sanctions against Pyongyang targeted the Amroggang Development Bank, which was controlled by the DPRK's Tanchon Commercial Bank, an institution blacklisted and sanctioned by Washington. Full story
PYONGYANG, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said the U.S.-South Korean Security Consultative Meeting was "full of the smell of gunpowder," being "ill-intentioned behavior to obstruct the melioration of the inter-Korean relationship," the official newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Saturday.
It said the DPRK had adopted a series of measures to improve the relationship between the North and South, claiming that "the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula is easing off" due to the DPRK's efforts. Full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The United States should have multiple engagement with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) rather than continuing its sanctions against the country, said a latest study that was released here on Thursday.
"Sanctions alone cannot provide protection from the threat posed now or in the future by North Korea. Instead, economic engagement starts a process that may lead to significant benefits without enhancing the DPRK's military capabilities or making the U.S. or its allies more vulnerable," said the study by experts from the Asia Society and the University of California. Full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The United States will not have normal ties with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) or relax its sanctions against the country until Pyongyang abandons nuclear arms, Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton said here on Wednesday.
In her policy address to the United States Institutes of Peace, Clinton reiterated the United States' willingness to have face-to-face talks with the DPRK on condition that the talks will lead to Pyongyang's return to the stalled six-party talks. Full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- A senior U.S. official said here on Monday that any of U.S. bilateral contacts with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) should lead to the resumption of six-party nuclear disarmament talks.
"We would be prepared for, in the right circumstances at some point, some initial interaction that would lead rapidly to a six-party framework," Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asia, said at the Council on Foreign Relations. Full story
