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Outgoing U.S. diplomat Hill at press conference

WASHINGTON, United States - Outgoing U.S. diplomat Christopher Hill speaks at a press conference as ambassador to Iraq at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 17, 2010, looking back on his 33-year career. Hill, who headed the country's delegation to the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, said dealing with issues in Iraq is easier than that of North Korea.

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Japan, Portugal agree to cooperate in combating pirates

LISBON, Portugal - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho (2nd from L) hold talks in Lisbon on May 2, 2014. Abe, who is on a two-day official visit to Portugal as part of six-nation European tour, is the first Japanese prime mister to visit the country.

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Japan, Portugal agree to cooperate in combating pirates

LISBON, Portugal - Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho shake hands in Lisbon on May 2, 2014, prior to their talks. Abe, who is on a two-day official visit to Portugal as part of six-nation European tour, is the first Japanese prime mister to visit the country.

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U.S., China officials on N. Korea in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo shows Wu Dawei (R), Chinese special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, and Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, after their talks at the State Department in Washington on April 17, 2014. The envoys on North Korea's nuclear programs wrapped up three days of talks in New York and the U.S. capital with no prospect in view of resuming six-nation talks on the issue.

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U.S., China officials on N. Korea in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Wu Dawei (L), Chinese special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, and Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, shake hands after their talks at the State Department in Washington on April 17, 2014. The envoys on North Korea's nuclear programs wrapped up three days of talks in New York and the U.S. capital with no prospect in view of resuming six-nation talks on the issue.

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U.S. nuclear envoy leaves China

BEIJING, China - Stephan Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, leaves China from Beijing airport Jan. 6, 2011. Bosworth discussed with senior Chinese officials the stalled six-nation talks on North Korea's denuclearization.

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U.S. nuclear envoy leaves China

BEIJING, China - Stephan Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, leaves China from Beijing airport Jan. 6, 2011. Bosworth discussed with senior Chinese officials the stalled six-nation talks on North Korea's denuclearization.

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U.S. nuclear envoy Bosworth in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief delegate to the six-nation talks on North Korea's denuclearization, hold talks at the foreign ministry in Seoul on Jan. 5, 2011. The meeting took place because the China-hosted multilateral talks also involving Japan and Russia have been long stalled.

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U.S. nuclear envoy Bosworth in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, shakes hands with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's chief delegate to the six-nation talks on North Korea's denuclearization, prior to their meeting at the foreign ministry in Seoul on Jan. 5, 2011. The meeting took place because the China-hosted multilateral talks also involving Japan and Russia have been long stalled.

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China repeats call for N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu allows a reporter to ask a question at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 7, 2010. China repeated a call on parties of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs to gather for a head-of-delegation meeting of the framework.

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China repeats call for N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu allows a reporter to ask a question at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 7, 2010. China repeated a call on parties of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs to gather for a head-of-delegation meeting of the framework.

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China calls for N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2010. China urged five other parties of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs the same day to support a Chinese proposal to convene an emergency head-of-delegation meeting.

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China proposes 6-nation talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese nuclear envoy Wu Dawei speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 28, 2010. Wu, chairman of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, proposed a chief-of-delegation meeting of the stalled dialogue framework in early December in Beijing as the situation on the Korean Peninsula has grown tense.

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China proposes 6-nation talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese nuclear envoy Wu Dawei speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 28, 2010. Wu, chairman of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, proposed a chief-of-delegation meeting of the stalled dialogue framework in early December in Beijing as the situation on the Korean Peninsula has grown tense.

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Japan PM talks N. Korea nuclear talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010. Kan said there is still a long way to go before resuming the stalled six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program.

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N. Korea positive about resuming stalled nuke talks

BEIJING, China - Wu Dawei, China's special envoy on Korean Peninsula policy, speaks to reporters after a meeting with North Korea's First Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan in Beijing on Oct. 12. 2010. Dawei said he felt North Korea is positive about resuming the six-nation talks which have been stalled since December 2008.

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Ex-U.S. nuclear negotiator Hill to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows U.S. diplomat Christopher Hill, a former chief delegate to the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs. Hill will retire from the government as ambassador to Iraq.

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Campbell meets with S. Korean officials

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state, meets with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's top nuclear negotiator, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2010. Campbell and Wi agreed to cooperate to resume the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs early.

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Campbell meets with S. Korean officials

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state, meets with South Korean foreign minister Yu Myung Hwan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2010. Campbell and Wi agreed to cooperate to resume the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs early.

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N. Korean diplomat Jong Thae Yang arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Jong Thae Yang, a key North Korean delegate to the six-nation talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programs, arrives at Beijing airport on Feb. 17. The deputy chief of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's department of U.S. affairs is believed to be heading for Moscow to take part in a Feb. 19-20 session of the multilateral framework's working group on the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism. The session will be closely watched as it will be the first round of negotiations involving the United States and North Korea since U.S. President Barack Obama assumed office.

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6 nations hold 2nd day of talks on North Korea nuclear programs

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters prior to the six-nation talks in Beijing for the second day on Sept 28 on North Korea's nuclear programs. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hill, Kim meet ahead of six-nation talks

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian affairs, talks to reporters after emerging from a meeting with Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea's vice foreign minister, in Beijing on Sept. 26. The bilateral talks were held ahead of the six-party talks on Pyongyang's denuclearization.

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Hill, Kim meet ahead of six-nation talks

BEIJING, China - Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea's vice foreign minister, talks to reporters after emerging from a meeting with Christopher Hill, assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian affairs, in Beijing on Sept. 26. The bilateral talks were held ahead of the six-party talks on Pyongyang's denuclearization.

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N Korea warns Japan for resorting only to pressure

BEIJING, China - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan talks to reporters at Beijing airport on July 21 before heading back to North Korea after attending the latest round of six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear program in Beijing. Kim says he has warned Japan over its policy of resorting solely to pressure to resolve bilateral issues.

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N. Korea willing to disable nuke facilities by year-end

BEIJING, China - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill speaks to reporters on July 18 after he and other delegates to the six-nation talks end their first-day meeting in Beijing on North Korea's nuclear program. (Pool photo)

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U.S. lifting of freeze on N. Korea assets won't affect Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki tells a regular press conference on March 15 that the United States' plan to lift the freeze on North Korean assets in a Macao bank ''will not suddenly change the tide'' of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program.

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Koizumi meets press after G-8 summit

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference after the Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg on July 17. He said North Korea can have the bilateral dialogue with the United States that it hopes for if it returns to the six-nation nuclear talks.

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North agrees to scrap all nuke programs as 6 nations strike deal

BEIJING, China - Wu Dawei, chief Chinese delegate to six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, reads a joint statement during a plenary session at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 19. North Korea committed to abandon all of its nuclear weapons and the five other nations stated their willingness to provide energy assistance. (Pool photo)

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6-way talks resume as N. Korea pushes for civilian nuke

BEIJING, China - South Korean chief delegate Song Min Soon (L) and North Korean chief delegate Kim Kye Gwan smile as they walk to the venue six-nation talks on N. Korea's nuclear programs at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 13. Seen behind is U.S. chief delegate Christopher Hill (Pool photo)

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6-way talks resume as N. Korea pushes for civilian nuke

BEIJING, China - North Korea's chief delegate Kim Kye Gwan (K), Japanese chief delegate Kenichiro Sasae and U.S. chief delegate Christopher Hill walk to the venue of six-nation talks on N. Korea's nuclear programs at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sept. 13. (Pool photo)

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Chief Japanese delegate arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's chief delegate to six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, arrives at Beijing airport on Sept. 13. (Pool photo)

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Arrangements under way to resume 6-way nuclear talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura tells reporters at the prime minister's official residence on Aug. 26 that parties to the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions are arranging for the talks to resume next week as planned, but no specific date has been set.

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6-way talks enter 10th day

BEIJING, china - Chief Japanese delegate Kenichiro Sasae (L) and deputy chief Akitaka Saiki leave their hotel in Beijing on Aug. 4 for the 10th day of six-nation talks on resolving the North Korean nuclear dispute. (Pool photo)

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6-way talks enter 10th day

BEIJING, China - Chief U.S. delegate Christopher Hill listens to a reporter's question Aug. 4 about the six-nation talks in Beijing on resolving the North Korean nuclear dispute. (Pool photo)

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Delegates enter 6th day of 6-nation talks

BEIJING, China - Chief U.S. delegate Christopher Hill (R) talks with chief Japanese delegate Kenichiro Sasae at a Beijing hotel on July 31 while deputy chief negotiators discuss North Korea's nuclear programs at the six-nation talks. (Pool photo)

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U.S., N. Korea hold bilateral talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A car carrying chief North Korean delegate Kim Kye Gwan arrives at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, the venue of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, on July 28. U.S. and North Korean delegates held bilateral talks later in the day on the sidelines of the six-nation talks, a U.S. official said.

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U.S., N. Korea hold bilateral talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chief U.S. delegate Christopher Hill (L) and Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, U.S. special envoy for six-party talk, are driven to the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, the venue of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, on July 28. U.S. and North Korean delegates held bilateral talks later in the day on the sidelines of the six-nation talks, a U.S. official said.

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China seeks solution to abduction issue via bilateral talks

BEIJING, Japan - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang speaks at a news conference during the ongoing six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs July 26. Qin expressed hope that Japan and North Korea will resolve the abduction issue bilaterally, suggesting the matter should not be taken up in the nuclear talks in Beijing. (Pool photo)

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Abductees' relatives urge gov't to take up case in 6-way talks

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (L), who heads a group of relatives of Japanese who were abducted by North Korea, hands a letter to Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (R) in Tokyo on July 14 in which they urge the government to table the abduction issue during the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs expected to resume in July to increase pressure on Pyongyang to settle it.

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Rice talks with Machimura in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura hold a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 12 after their talks there. They agreed to work on making progress on having North Korea dismantle its nuclear programs at the next round of six-nation talks.

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(1)Hills in Seoul on North Korean issue

SEOUL, South Korea - Christopher Hill (L), the top U.S. negotiator on the North Korean nuclear issue, and South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min Soon, who heads the South Korean team to the six-nation talks, pose for photos in Seoul on May 16 prior to their talks.

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Rice speaks at press conference

BEIJING, China - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells a press conference in Beijing on March 21 that the United States will find ''other means'' to press for denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula if six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear development programs fail.

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(1)Rice meets with Japanese leaders

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura walk to a conference room for talks at the Foreign Ministry on March 19. They remained split over Japan's ban on American beef imports but reaffirmed their commitment to resuming the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs.

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N. Korea ready to return to 6-way talks if conditions met

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui, head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, waves as he returns to Beijing Capital International Airport on Feb. 22 from Pyongyang, where he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. In the meeting, Kim reportedly said North Korea is ready to return to stalled six-nation talks over its nuclear program if conditions are met.

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Japan guardedly welcomes Kim's readiness for 6-way talks

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura is surrounded by reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 22 following reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed readiness to return to stalled six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program.

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N. Korea suspends nuke talks, says it produced nukes

BEIJING, China - Armed policemen stand on alert outside the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on Feb. 10. North Korea said earlier in the day that it has suspended its participation in the six-nation talks on its nuclear ambitions for an indefinite period to cope with perceived ''hostile'' U.S. policy toward the country, and declared it has produced nuclear weapons for self-defense.

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IAEA's ElBaradei calls for resumption of 6-way talks

SEOUL, South Korea - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei delivers a speech at the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs at a hotel in Seoul on Oct. 6. ElBaradei called for a resumption of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

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Kawaguchi hopes for holding of 6-way talks in Sept.

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi answers reporters' questions Sept. 13 on issues including six-nation talks on the dispute over North Korea's nuclear development programs. She is in Beijing for a three-day stay through Monday.

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Japanese delegates to six-nation Beijing talks return home

NARITA, Japan - Mitoji Yabunaka (R), Japan's chief delegate to the six-nation talks in Beijing on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, and deputy delegation chief Akitaka Saiki arrive at Narita airport on June June 26.