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N. Korea's 1st vice foreign minister at Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan speaks to reporters in Beijing on April 11, 2011, after meeting with Wu Dawei, China's chief nuclear envoy and special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs. Kim showed the North's position that Pyongyang's uranium enrichment program can be discussed at the six-way talks, while the United States, South Korea and Japan have been calling for the issue to be taken to the U.N. Security Council.

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Bosworth in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Stephen Bosworth (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Sung Kim, Washington's chief delegate to the six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear issue, leave a hotel in Beijing on Jan. 6, 2011.

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Bosworth arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Stephen Bosworth (C), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, and Sung Kim, Washington's chief delegate to the six-way talks, arrive at a hotel in Beijing on Sept. 15, 2010. Bosworth is scheduled to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, during his stay in Beijing through the following day.

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Senior Chinese official Wang arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Wang Jiarui (L), head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, shake hands with a senior North Korean official as he arrives at Pyongyang airport on Feb. 6, 2010. Wang, head of the party's International Department, is expected to hand a New Year message from Chinese President Hu Jintao to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and urge Pyongyang to return to the six-way talks on ending its nuclear ambitions.

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Senior Chinese official Wang arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Wang Jiarui (L), head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, is greeted by a senior North Korean official as he arrives at Pyongyang airport on Feb. 6, 2010. Wang, head of the party's International Department, is expected to hand a New Year message from Chinese President Hu Jintao to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and urge Pyongyang to return to the six-way talks on ending its nuclear ambitions.

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S. Korean nuclear team flies to Beijing after N. Korea visit

BEIJING, China - Hwang Joon Kook, head of the South Korean Foreign Ministry's North Korean nuclear affairs bureau, speaks to reporters at the Beijing airport late on Jan. 19, after a visit to North Korea aimed at discussing the future of Pyongyang's unused nuclear fuel rods under a six-way denuclearization deal.

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N. Korea has weaponized declared plutonium: U.S. scholar

BEIJING, China - Selig Harrison, Asia Program director at the Washington-based Center for International Policy, speaks at a news conference in Beijing after visiting North Korea. Harrison said North Korea contends it has weaponized the more than 30 kilograms of plutonium it has declared to its partners in the six-way denuclearization talks, and insists they cannot be inspected.

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S. Korean team heads to N. Korea for talks on nuclear fuel rods

BEIJING, china - Hwang Joon Kook, the chief of the South Korean Foreign Ministry's North Korean nuclear affairs bureau, responds to questions from reporters at Beijing International Airport on Jan. 15 before heading to North Korea to discuss the future of Pyongyang's unused nuclear fuel rods under a six-way denuclearization deal.

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6-way talks, economy to remain focus of China ties: Negroponte

BEIJING, China - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 8. Negroponte said the six-way talks on denuclearizing North Korea and the global economy will continue to be the main focus of Washington's ties with Beijing under the incoming U.S. administration.

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6-way envoys meet amid trouble over N. Korea verification

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (C) and the envoys from six countries for six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs pose for photos when the six called on Yang at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Dec. 11. At far left is Akitaka Saiki, Japan's chief nuclear negotiator. (Pool Photo)

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6-way envoys predict tough negotiations over N. Korea nuke info

BEIJING, China - Akitaka Saiki, Japan's chief nuclear envoy, (Center) heads for six-country talks on denuclearizing North Korea being held in Beijing on Dec. 8. Saiki, the head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and negotiators from the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia will try to put in writing methods for verifying Pyongyang's nuclear information at the six-way meeting, which is expected to last three days. (Pool photo)

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S. Korea, China reconfirm cooperation over N. Korea nuke issue

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak pose for photographers during a news conference in Seoul on Aug. 25. The two leaders reconfirmed their cooperation on achieving North Korea's denuclearization within the framework of the six-way talks.

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S. Korea, China reconfirm cooperation over N. Korea nuke issue

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese President Hu Jintao (C), accompanied by South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (far L), reviews an honor guard on his arrival in Seoul on Aug. 25 for a two-day visit. China and South Korea reconfirmed their cooperation on achieving North Korea's denuclearization within the framework of the six-way talks, a joint statement released after a meeting of the two leaders said.

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S. Korea, China reconfirm cooperation over N. Korea nuke issue

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) speaks as South Korean President Lee Myung Bak listens during a news conference in Seoul on Aug. 25. The two leaders reconfirmed their cooperation on achieving North Korea's denuclearization within the framework of the six-way talks.

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N. Korea complains about slow provision of energy aid

PANMUNJEOM, Korea - Hwang Jae Kook (L), head of the South Korean Foreign Ministry's North Korean nuclear issue bureau, shakes hands with Hyon Hak Bong, deputy director of the U.S. affairs division at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, before a meeting at the truce village of Panmunjeom on June 5. In the bilateral meeting, Hyon expressed disappointment over the pace of agreed-upon energy aid from its dialogue partners at the six-way talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons program, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.

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U.S., N. Korea hold talks on options for breaking nuke deadlock

GENEVA, Switzerland - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill responds to questions from reporters before talks with North Korea in Geneva on March 13 over options for resolving a snag holding up progress in the six-way process aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs.

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Work to disable N. Korea nuke facilities to start Nov. 5: Hill

TOKYO, Japan - Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill speaks during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 3. He said a team of U.S. experts will start work to disable key North Korean nuclear facilities at Yongbyon on Nov. 5 under a six-way denuclearization deal and so far Pyongyang has been cooperative.

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Japan, U.S. nuke negotiators meet on N. Korea, six-way talks

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichiro Sasae (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, meet the press at the Foreign Ministry on Nov. 2 where they said they discussed the way forward in six-party talks on denuclearizing North Korea.

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Delegates begin 2nd day of 6-way talks

BEIJING, China - Cars carrying North Korean delegates to the six-way talks on the country's nuclear programs leave the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on July 19. (Pool photo)

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U.S. nuke negotiator Hill in Beijing

BEIJING, China - U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill arrives at Beijing international airport from Ulan Bator on June 18 for talks with his Chinese counterpart, amid signs that the stalled six-way process for ending North Korea's nuclear programs may begin moving forward again. ''I just have one meeting today with (Chinese Vice Foreign Minister) Wu Dawei. Then I go on to Seoul,'' Hill told reporters at the airport.

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China hopes for near-term solution to N. Korea row

BEIJING, China - Wu Dawei, Chinese vice foreign minister and chief negotiator at the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, speaks in an interview with a delegation of executives from Kyodo News and its member news organizations at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on June 13.

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U.S., China mull solution to N. Korean banking issue

BEIJING, China - Chief U.S. delegate the six party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, speaks with journalists at a Beijing hotel following his talks with his Chinese counterpart Wu Daiwei on May 30. He said they exchanged suggestions on ways to solve a banking issue that has held up progress on the six-way process for denuclearizing North Korea.

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6-way diplomats meet for peace, security working group talks

BEIJING, China - Diplomats from six countries meet at the Russian Embassy in Beijing on March 16 for the first meeting of a working group under the six-way process on North Korea's nuclear programs tasked with discussing peace and security in Northeast Asia. (Pool photo)

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Hill thinks sanction issue will no longer be obstacle in 6-way talks

BEIJING, China - Chief U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill speaks with reporters at a Beijing hotel on March 15. Hill said that U.S. financial sanctions on North Korea, the source of a dispute that has stalled six-way nuclear talks previously, are no longer expected to be an obstacle after the United States took steps to ease them earlier in the day.

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N. Korea prepared to discuss 1st-stage denuclearization steps: Kim

BEIJING, China - North Korea's chief negotiator Kim Kye Gwan steps into a car after arriving at Beijing airport on Feb. 8. Kim told reporters at the airport that he is prepared to discuss the first-stage steps toward denuclearization at resumed six-way nuclear talks. (Pool photo)

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U.S. diplomat says 5 countries united over N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Beijing on Nov. 9 after talks with Alexander Alexeyev, Russia's chief delegate to the six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear issue. At right is Robert Joseph, U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security.

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Delegates discuss N. Korea meeting, 7-way, 8-way talks proposed

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Christopher Hill (L), chief U.S. delegate to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, China's head delegate to the six-way talks, are surrounded by reporters after their talks in Kuala Lumpur on July 26.

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Japan, N. Korea hold third meeting over 6-party talks

TOKYO, Japan - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan responds to reporters' questions in Tokyo on April 11 after meeting with Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's top negotiator to the six-way talks on North Korea, to revive the stalled talks.

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Japan, N. Korea hold third meeting over 6-party talks

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's top negotiator to the six-way talks on North Korea, fields questions from reporters in Tokyo on April 11 after meeting with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan.

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N. Korea's Kim heads to six-party talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korea's chief delegate, Kim Kye Gwan (L), leaves his country's embassy in Beijing on Nov. 11 to attend the six-way talks on its nuclear programs. (Pool photo)

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Japan's chief delegate Sasae heads to six-way talks

BEIJING, China - Japan's chief delegate Kenichiro Sasae leaves his hotel in Beijing on Nov. 11 to attend the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs. The new round of talks moved closer to entering a recess expected from later in the day. (Pool photo)

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Six-way talks begin second-day session in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Korea's chief delegate Kim Kye Gwan (C) leaves in a car for the Diaoyutai State Guest House, the venue of the six-way talks on his country's nuclear programs, on Nov. 10. (Pool photo)

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Six-way talks begin second-day session in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chief U.S. delegate Christopher Hills answers media questions before leaving his hotel for the Diaoyutai State Guest House, the venue of the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, on Nov. 10. (Pool photo)

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6-way delegates begin talks on implementing nuke agreement

BEIJING, China - South Korean chief delegate Song Min Soon takes his seat as a fifth round of the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs begins at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 9. (Pool photo)

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6-way delegates begin talks on implementing nuke agreement

BEIJING, China - Chinese chief delegate Wu Dawei takes his seat as a fifth round of the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs begins at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 9. (Pool photo)

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6-way delegates begin talks on implementing nuke agreement

BEIJING, China - Russian chief delegate Alexander Alexeyev takes his seat as a fifth round of the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs begins at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 9. (Pool photo)

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6-way delegates begin talks on implementing nuke agreement

BEIJING, China - Kenichiro Sasae, Japan's chief delegate, takes his seat as a fifth round of the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs begins at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 9. (Pool photo)

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6-way delegates begin talks on implementing nuke agreement

BEIJING, China - Kim Kye Gwan, the chief North Korean delegate, takes his seat as a fifth round of the six-way talks on the country's nuclear programs begins at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 9. (Pool photo)

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6-way delegates begin talks on implementing nuke agreement

BEIJING, China - North Korean chief delegate Kim Kye Gwan (L), chief U.S. delegate Christopher Hills (C) and chief Japanese delegate Kenichiro Sasae walk into the conference room as a fifth round of the six-way talks on the country's nuclear programs begins at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 9. (Pool photo)

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6-way delegates begin talks on implementing nuke agreement

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hills, the chief U.S. delegate, takes his seat as a fifth round of the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs begins at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 9. (Pool photo)

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6-way delegates begin talks on implementing nuke agreement

BEIJING, China - Delegates to the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs walk into the conference room as a fifth round of the talks begins at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 9. (pool photo)

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6-way delegates begin talks on implementing nuke agreement

BEIJING, China - A fifth round of the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs gets under way at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 9. (Pool photo)

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6-way delegates begin talks on implementing nuke agreement

BEIJING, China - A car carrying the North Korean delegation arrives at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, the venue of the six-way talks on the country's nuclear programs, on Nov. 9.

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6 nations close to deal at nuclear talks: source

BEIJING, China - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan (R) returns by car to the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 18 after the day's continued six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs. (Pool photo)

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6-way delegates fail to agree on draft, to continue talks Sunday

BEIJING, China - Kenichiro Sasae, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, is surrounded by reporters at a Beijing hotel Sept. 17 after returning from the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. (Pool photo)

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N. Korean says will do utmost to realize talks with Japan

BEIJING, China - Kim Kye Gwan, hief North Korean delegate to six-way nuclear talks, is driven back to the North Korean Embassy in Beijing at the end of business on Sept. 14. Kim told his Japanese counterpart Kenichiro Sasae that he will make utmost efforts to realize bilateral negotiations with Japan, Japanese officials said. (Pool photo)

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China's chief delegate on nuke talks leaves for Pyongyang

BEIJING, China - Wu Dawei, China's vice foreign minister and chief delegate to the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, waves as he leaves Beijing airport on Aug. 27 for Pyongyang prior to a resumption of the talks planned next week.

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Delegates to 6-way talks break for 3-week recess

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei speaks to reporters about a recess in the six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear dispute at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Aug. 7. (Pool photo)

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6-way talks delegates to break for 3-week recess

BEIJING, China - Kenichiro Sasae, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau and Japan's chief negotiator to the six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear dispute, speaks to reporters at a Beijing hotel Aug. 7. (Pool photo)

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6 parties eyeing recess on 12th day of nuclear talks

BEIJING, China - Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea's vice foreign minister and chief negotiator for the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, returns to the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 6 from the Diaoyutai State Guest House, the venue for the talks. (Pool photo)