N.Korea puts nuclear monitors' return on hold
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North Korea said on Thursday a planned visit by U.N. nuclear monitors was on hold because it had not received unfrozen bank funds, shaking hopes Pyongyong would start disabling its atom bomb program soon.
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One month after North Korea agreed to return to multilateral nuclear talks following its defiant atomic weapons test, the six-nation dialogue remains stalled. But few are complaining.
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North Korea called off scheduled talks with Japan in Hanoi set for Wednesday afternoon and aimed at normalising relations between the two countries, an official at Pyongyang's embassy said.
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The date when North Korea shuts its nuclear reactor now rests on discussions between it and five other countries that signed a disarmament deal, a U.N. nuclear watchdog official said on Saturday after talks in Pyongyang.
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North Korea moved a step closer to fulfilling a promise to shutter its main nuclear reactor after agreeing with international monitors Friday on how to verify a shutdown.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will resume inspections in North Korea following Pyongyang's announcement that it will curb its nuclear activities, its chief Mohamed ElBaradei announced.
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U.N. inspectors were working to verify North Koreaâs announcement that it had shut down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon.
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Six-country talks on scrapping North Korea's nuclear arms resumed on Monday after a one-year standoff, but hopes for progress were not high after Pyongyang made clear that its priority was ending a U.S. cash squeeze.
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North Korea pledges to boost its 'war deterrent', days after missing a deadline for declaring its nuclear activities.
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A visit by the U.N. atomic watchdog to  Pyongyang set for next week is on hold, a North Korean official  said on Thursday, casting uncertainty over disarmament moves  even as the top U.S. nuclear envoy made a surprise trip to the  North.
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North Korea missed a year-end deadline to give a full account of its nuclear weapons under a disarmament-for-aid deal struck with regional powers and the United States.
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North Korea will feel compelled to announce plans for another nuclear test if a financial dispute with Washington is not resolved, a source said on Wednesday, a sign of Pyongyang's impatience with a lack of progress in talks.
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Envoys seeking to end North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions decided to extend talks into Friday as differences emerged on the next steps towards disabling the North's atomic facilities, a Japanese delegate said.
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China on Monday informed South Korea that six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea&#39;s nuclear programmes, due to resume this week, have been postponed, officials said.
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North Korea will allow a team of U.N. nuclear watchdog officials to visit the Yongbyon reactor it agreed to shut down under a disarmament-for-aid deal, Japan's Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog and North Korea have an understanding on how to monitor the shutdown and sealing of the North's nuclear reactor, but the closure date was up to the six-party talks, a U.N. official said on Saturday.
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North Korea's 2-year-old nuclear crisis has taxed the world's patience, the chief U.N. nuclear regulator said Wednesday, urging communist Pyongyang to return to its disarmament treaty obligations.