1.   What ended with the Cold War was bipolarity, the nuclear stalemate and decades of containment of the Soviet Union.

2.   Yet the nuclear stalemate, while far more threatening, was in some ways more ordered and manageable than relations today.

3.   At the same time, Khan described himself as a man of peace, who believed that the nuclear stalemate on the Asian subcontinent will guarantee peace.

4.   Two conservative Japanese lawmakers will visit North Korea in mid-June, hoping to help break the Korean nuclear stalemate, their aides said Wednesday.

5.   The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party said Wednesday it was planning to send two members to North Korea in mid-June to help resolve the nuclear stalemate.