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| North Korea has demanded to be recognised as a nuclear weapons state, rejecting a US condition that it agree to give up its nuclear arms programme before talks can begin. | North Korea has demanded to be recognised as a nuclear weapons state, rejecting a US condition that it agree to give up its nuclear arms programme before talks can begin. |
| After weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula, including North Korean threats of nuclear war, the North appeared willing to at least talk about dialogue in response to calls for talks from both the United States and South Korea. | After weeks of tension on the Korean peninsula, including North Korean threats of nuclear war, the North appeared willing to at least talk about dialogue in response to calls for talks from both the United States and South Korea. |
| The North's Rodong Sinmun newspaper rejected as groundless and unacceptable the US and South Korean condition that it agree to dismantle its nuclear weapons and suspend missile launches. | The North's Rodong Sinmun newspaper rejected as groundless and unacceptable the US and South Korean condition that it agree to dismantle its nuclear weapons and suspend missile launches. |
| "If the DPRK sits at a table with the US it has to be a dialogue between nuclear weapons states, not one side forcing the other to dismantle nuclear weapons," the newspaper said, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. | "If the DPRK sits at a table with the US it has to be a dialogue between nuclear weapons states, not one side forcing the other to dismantle nuclear weapons," the newspaper said, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. |
| A White House spokesman said this month that North Korea needed to show it was serious about abandoning its nuclear ambitions for talks to be meaningful. North Korea signed a denuclearisation-for-aid deal in 2005 but later backed out. It conducted its third nuclear test in February and says its nuclear arms are a "treasured sword" that it will never give up. | A White House spokesman said this month that North Korea needed to show it was serious about abandoning its nuclear ambitions for talks to be meaningful. North Korea signed a denuclearisation-for-aid deal in 2005 but later backed out. It conducted its third nuclear test in February and says its nuclear arms are a "treasured sword" that it will never give up. |
| The test triggered new UN sanctions which were answered by more North Korean threats of nuclear strikes against South Korea and the United States. | The test triggered new UN sanctions which were answered by more North Korean threats of nuclear strikes against South Korea and the United States. |
| But in a sign the hostility was easing North Korea last Thursday offered the United States and South Korea a list of conditions for talks, including the lifting of UN sanctions. | But in a sign the hostility was easing North Korea last Thursday offered the United States and South Korea a list of conditions for talks, including the lifting of UN sanctions. |
| The United States responded by saying it awaited "clear signals" that North Korea would halt its nuclear weapons activities. | The United States responded by saying it awaited "clear signals" that North Korea would halt its nuclear weapons activities. |
| North Korea has a long record of making threats to secure concessions from the United States and South Korea, only to repeat the process later. Both the United States and the South have said in recent days that the cycle must cease. | North Korea has a long record of making threats to secure concessions from the United States and South Korea, only to repeat the process later. Both the United States and the South have said in recent days that the cycle must cease. |
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