Article: Self-preservation is North Korea's main goal in seeking talks with United States

Article: China pushes for North Korea-United ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  March 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Chinese government is pushing for the United States and North Korea to sit down together for talks, apparently ... to use the Security Council to box North Korea into a corner. The United States wants North Korea to answer to the international community ...

Article: China appeals to North Korea, United ...
AP Worldstream;  July 23, 2003 ;     516 words ... ... it and the United States. The nuclear ... officials said North Korea admitted having ... Washington. North Korea has demanded ... discussions with the United States but Washington ... only itself, North Korea and the United States. More recently ...

Article: Energy aid, security offered to North Korea; ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 24, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... resolving the standoff with North Korea. The United States offered energy aid and a ... guarantee in exchange for North Korea dismantling its nuclear ... grouping delegates from the United States, North Korea, South Korea, Japan ...

Article: North Korea: United States, Japan ...
AP Worldstream;  April 13, 2005 ;     517 words ... ... South Korea North Korea on Wednesday called ... but said the United States and Japan should ... Washington. The United States and its allies ... trying to persuade North Korea to return to international ... Russia, the United States and the two ...

Article: North Korea, United States meet again ...
AP Worldstream;  February 26, 2004 ;     429 words ... ... BEIJING The United States and North Korea met privately ... s offer for North Korea to be compensated ... Thursday, with the United States pushing for a ... as "useful." North Korea and the United States have been at odds ...

Article: North Korea -- United States Response ...
M2 Presswire;  September 3, 2007 ;     429 words ... ... DEPARTMENT OF STATE: North Korea -- United States Response to Flooding ... partners, the United States is already providing ... indicated that North Korea was experiencing ... the people of North Korea. Therefore, the United States is prepared to ...

Article: NORTH KOREA: GOOD PROSPECTS FOR END TO ...
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  January 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... betweens trying to defuse the North Korea-United States clash over Pyongyang's nuclear ... returned from Pyongyang to discuss North Korea's food aid needs, told the ... a comprehensive agreement. North Korea wants a statement from the ...