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 | North Korean chief negotiator Kim Kye Gwan smiles as he attends a reception after a third day of six-nation negotiations on North Korea's nuclear drive, which ended Friday after being delayed for an unexpected bilateral meeting between North Korea and China, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday June 25, 2004. North Korea on Thursday threatened to test a nuclear weapon unless Washington accepts Pyongyang's conditions for a freeze on its atomic program. click to open  |  | Wang Yi, China's Deputy Foreign Minister and chief negotiator, hosts a news conference after the third round of Six-Party Talks closed in Beijing June 26, 2004. The United States and North Korea emerged on Saturday from four days of nuclear crisis talks as far apart as ever, with Washington insisting Pyongyang disclose its uranium enrichment program. click to open  |  | China's Deputy Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, listens to the opening speeches at the start of the third round of six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue, in Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Wednesday June 23, 2004. Kim said that North Korea is willing to give up nuclear weapons 'in a transparent way' if the United States ends its 'hostile policy' toward Pyongyang. click to open  |
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