North Korea says may slow nuclear disablement: Kyodo
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North Korea may slow the pace of disablement of its nuclear facilities, blaming a delay in the delivery of energy aid promised under a disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency reported, quoting a Pyongyang official.
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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.
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North Korea's disabling of its key  nuclear complex is proceeding "smoothly," Chinese state media  on Wednesday quoted a visiting deputy foreign minister as  saying.
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North Korea today offered disable all its nuclear weapons programs in return for energy aid, an envoy said.
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North Korea has said it wants to get promised shipments of oil before shutting down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, delaying again a key obligation under a February nuclear agreement, U.S. officials said on Monday.
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Six-nation talks on scrapping North Korea&#39;s nuclear programme are likely to resume next week, South Korea&#39;s foreign ministry said Tuesday, as disarmament efforts gathered pace after months of stalemate.
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North Korea should move quickly to shut down its source of bomb-grade plutonium, a top U.S. envoy said on Tuesday, voicing hope that stalled six-party talks on scrapping its nuclear arms program could resume in early July.
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Japan is preparing a set of high-level  alert procedures to follow in the event of a nuclear power  plant accident abroad, out of concern that North Korea may  carry out an underground nuclear test, Kyodo News said on  Saturday, citing government sources.
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South Korea on Friday delayed a full resumption of aid shipments to North Korea until the communist regime shuts down its main atomic reactor
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South Korea's nuclear envoy said Tuesday that North Korea could be persuaded to disarm with strong incentives to help reverse its economic crisis, while China called for flexibility at revived arms talks it is hosting.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog has reached an "understanding" with North Korea on verification of the shutdown and sealing of the North's Yongbyon reactor, Kyodo news agency said on Friday.
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North Korea said Sunday it is ready to permanently disable the nuclear reactor it just turned off if the United States lifts economic sanctions on the impoverished nation and strikes it from a list of terrorism sponsors.
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North Korea should move quickly to shut down its source of bomb-grade plutonium, a top U.S. envoy said on Tuesday, voicing hope that stalled six-party talks on scrapping its nuclear arms program could resume next month.
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The transfer of North Korean funds that have been frozen in a Macau bank is to begin on Thursday, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, possibly breaking a deadlock that has stalled a nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang.
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North Korea said on Saturday it will not abandon its nuclear programmes until the United States gives up what Pyongyang regards as a "hostile" policy toward it and drops financial restrictions imposed last year.
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North Korea was reluctant to accept a United States plan to give up its nuclear program but would probably attend the next round of talks on the impasse, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said after a brief visit to Pyongyang.
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WASHINGTON A top Bush administration official says North Korea is stalling talks on its nuclear weapons program until after the November elections.