North Korea is willing to discuss allegations it has a uranium-based nuclear weapons program, a media report said Thursday, as Washington warned progress at six-nation talks will hinge on the North’s willingness to abandon its atomic ambitions. The disputed uranium program is a key stumbling block in next week’s nuclear talks in Beijing involving the United States, the two Koreas, China, Russia and Japan. North Korea has denied a U.S. contention that it has a secret uranium program in addition to its program using plutonium. But the communist government conveyed to a “third country” its willingness to discuss the matter with Washington, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said. Full Story