By David Gollust The top US envoy to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program says he expects the negotiating process to quicken in the next few

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The pace of talks for North Korea's nuclear disarmament is quickening as hopes rise that Pyongyang will finally hand over its declaration

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea expects the long-stalled international negotiations on North Korea's nuclear programs to resume next month,

The leading US official on North Korea has said documents Pyongyang handed over last week on its nuclear programme are an "important first step".

A senior US diplomat says North Korea appears to have handed over full details of its plutonium production programme to the Americans.

By Kurt Achin A senior South Korean envoy is travelling to China to prepare for the imminent resumption of multinational talks aimed at ending North Korea's

The South Korean Foreign Ministry says chief nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan are preparing to meet next week.

BEIJING (AP) -- America's second-ranking diplomat is in China, for discussions expected to focus on the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs and the

By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea appears close to making a long-overdue declaration of its nuclear programs, the top US negotiator with

Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesUS envoy to North Korea Sung Kim speaks at the State Department in Washington on May 13, 2008, on the latest developments in

WASHINGTON (AFP) — North Korea has taken an "important first step" toward disclosing its weapons-grade plutonium programs even while slowing down some

By David Gollust A senior US diplomat says North Korea has agreed to cooperate fully in verifying the promised declaration of its nuclear program and

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill, center, poses with Japan's chief delegate to the Six Party Talks,