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N Korea vows response on US sanctions; Russian military delegation visits
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The US Treasury Department announced earlier this week that it had imposed sanctions on eight North Korean individuals and two entities for their role in laundering funds stolen through illicit cyber activities. The department said that the individuals were "state-sponsored hackers," whose i
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US sanctions Iranians linked to nuclear weapons programme
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
The US Department of State on Monday announced sanctions against three Iranian individuals and one Iranian entity linked to Iran's Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), the successor to the country's pre-2004 nuclear weapons programme, known as the Amad Project.
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DRDO team submits report on dual-use equipment seized from Chinese cargo h
Updated : 2 years ago IST
In the case of the seizure of suspicious items being shipped from China for possible use in Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, a Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO) team on Monday submitted its official report to the competent authority, said government sources.
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Moon to meet Trump in New York later this month for fresh N Korea talks
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Sep 13 (ANI): South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his American counterpart Donald Trump are expected to meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session, later this month, amid hopes of restarting talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear we
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US mulling partial sanctions relief to N Korea in exchange for nuclear fre
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Jul 12 (ANI): The United States is considering suspending certain sanctions on North Korea for 12 to 18 months in exchange for the dismantling of the entire nuclear weapons programme, including a main nuclear production facility, a source privy to White House talks sa
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Japan extends sanctions on N Korea for 2 years
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Apr 10 (ANI): Japan on Tuesday (local time) decided to extend its sanctions on North Korea for two more years, in a bid to pressurise Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear weapons programme and to resolve the long-standing issue of abduction of Japanese nationals.
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Previous sanctions on N Korea to remain, says US
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 26 (ANI): The United States on Monday (local time) said that the earlier sanctions imposed on North Korea will remain in place as US President Donald Trump is not keen to slap additional penalties on the communist country for its nuclear weapons programme.
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S Korea, US hold talks on N Korea's denuclearisation progress
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): Officials from South Korea and the United States met here on Thursday and discussed ways to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, amid a layer of sanctions imposed on the communist country.
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Trump to meet top N Korean official to discuss denuclearisation
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 19 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday is expected to meet North Korea's lead negotiator in nuclear talks, Kim Yong Chol at the White House, where they would discuss the issue of Pyongyang's dismantling of the nuclear weapons programme.
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N Korea yet to take 'concrete steps' for denuclearisation: Pence
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 17 (ANI): US Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday said that North Korea is yet to take "concrete steps" to dismantle its nuclear weapons programme in order to fulfill its commitment of achieving denuclearisation.
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US nuclear envoy arrives in S Korea for denuclearisation talks
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Oct 28 (ANI): United States Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun arrived in Seoul on Sunday to hold talks with South Korea on cooperation over North Korea's dismantling of the nuclear weapons programme.
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Kim urges Trump to resume denuclearisation talks in 'goodwill manner'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Sept 7 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has asked United States President Donald Trump to restart the talks on denuclearisation in a positive and goodwill manner and reiterated that Pyongyang is willing to fulfill the commitment of abandoning its nuclear weapons pr
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