US says open to NKorea visit (AFP)
Obama administration would talk to North Korea: aide (Reuters) Reuters - The Obama administration would be willing to hold bilateral talks with North Korea but only if certain conditions were met, the president's top adviser on Asia said on Friday. US envoy says to press China on NKorea refugees (AFP)
NKorea seeks private food aid: report (AFP)
US, NKorea agree to hold bilateral meetings: report (AFP)
NKorea claims to expand arsenal of atomic bombs (AP)
North Korea says has made more arms-grade plutonium (Reuters)
NKorean plutonium production violates UN resolutions: US (AFP)
US: NKorea plutonium moves violate commitments (AP)
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AP - Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.
AFP - The United States said it was open to sending an envoy to Pyongyang but insisted that North Korea prove it is serious about giving up nuclear weapons for good.
AFP - The nominee for US envoy on human rights in North Korea said Thursday he would press China for better treatment of refugees fleeing the impoverished neighboring state.
AFP - North Korea is asking private South Korean groups for urgent food aid even though it has still not accepted an offer from Seoul's government, a report said Thursday.
AFP - The United States and North Korea have agreed to hold two rounds of bilateral meetings before the North returns to multilateral nuclear disarmament talks, a US news report said.
AP - North Korea claimed Tuesday that it has successfully weaponized more plutonium for atomic bombs, a day after warning Washington to agree quickly to direct talks or face the prospect of a growing North Korean nuclear arsenal.
Reuters - North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce atomic arms.
AFP - North Korea's plutonium production for atomic weapons "runs counter" to its disarmament commitments and "violates" UN Security Council resolutions, the State Department said Tuesday.
AP - The United States says North Korea's use of more nuclear fuel for weapons violates the North's past commitments at international disarmament talks.
