1. After four years
(Newsletter)

...the current round of six-nation talks on its nuclear programme amid a continuing dispute over funds held in a Macau bank account. FULL STORY... ...

2. 4th anniversary of Iraq Invasion
(Newsletter)

...rch 2007 North Korea will not stop its nuclear programme unless the US releases $25m in frozen accounts in a Macau bank, the country's nuclear negotiator said. FULL STORY... Seven die in Russia...

3. Kim signals N Korea ready to disarm
(Archived/News/Global)

North Korea's leader has called for progress in a deal to dismantle his country's nuclear programme, raising hopes that the stalled process may soon be restarted.

4. N Korea fires short-range missile
(Archived/News/Global)

North Korea has fired a short-range missile towards the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, according to NHK, Japan's public broadcaster.

5. Eyes on N Korea after cash transfer
(Archived/News/Global)

North Korea should quickly honour a nuclear disarmament pact now that it will soon receive frozen funds that were blocking the deal, South Korea chief nuclear negotiator has said.

6. North Korea gets back frozen funds
(Archived/News/Global)

More than $20 million in disputed North Korean funds has been transferred from a blacklisted Macau bank, possibly clearing the way for the North to start shutting down its nuclear reactor, an official

7. Japan ups pressure on N Korea
(Archived/News/Global)

North Korea's failure to meet a Saturday deadline to shut down its nuclear reactor is "regrettable", a senior Japanese official has said, although Japan will not seek to set a new timetable.

8. Nuke deadline pressure on N Korea
(Archived/News/Global)

Japan and the United States have stepped up pressure on North Korea as speculation grows that it will miss a deadline to shut down its main nuclear reactor.

9. US envoy arrives in Pyongyang
(Archived/News/Global)

Bill Richardson, the US Democratic presidential candidate, has arrived in North Korea as the head of a bipartisan delegation looking to recover the remains of US troops killed in the Korean War.

10. 'Way found' to return N Korea cash
(Archived/News/Global)

The US has said it has found a way to return allegedly illicit North Korea funds frozen in a Macau bank, which could clear the way for Pyongyang to begin dismantling its nuclear weapons.