N Korea plant trip 'satisfactory'
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UN nuclear inspectors pay a "satisfactory" visit to a North Korean atomic reactor for the first time in four years.
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U.N. nuclear officials arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to negotiate terms for inspectors to confirm the shutdown of Pyongyang's nuclear reactor and source of bomb-grade plutonium.
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North Korea celebrates Kim Jong-il's 65th birthday, amid recent progress over plans for nuclear disarmament.
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UN inspectors have verified the shutdown of North Korea's main nuclear reactor, the IAEA chief confirms.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday welcomed nuclear-armed North Korea&#39;s invitation for international inspection for closure of its key atomic plant but cautioned the reclusive state against reneging on its obligations.
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A senior United Nations official says North Korea has given him a very positive message on resuming six-party talks on its nuclear ambitions.
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South Korea says it has seen no sign of the North shutting its nuclear facility, a key part of last month's landmark deal.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il praised his country's scientists and technicians for developing software programs that state media said Tuesday have reached a "world level."
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The head of a U.N. nuclear watchdog delegation said on Friday it was "satisfied" with a tour of a North Korean reactor complex that the secretive state has promised to scrap under an aid-for-disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency said.
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North Korea has shown no signs of  shutting down its main nuclear reactor and the source of its  weapons-grade plutonium since last month&#39;s deal calling for it  to be closed, South Korea&#39;s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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U.N. nuclear watchdog officials visiting North Korea traveled on Thursday to a reactor complex that the secretive state has promised to mothball under an aid-for-disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency reported.
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The north's invitation to nuclear inspectors is welcomed, but the US and S. Korea say more steps are needed to comply with February's six-party accord.
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South Korea's president said on Friday he sees the North Korean government as stable and wanting to resolve the nuclear issue to improve relations with the United States.
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It appears the country will continue to develop its nuclear program despite U.N. sanctions
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A team of UN inspectors travelled Thursday to North Korea&#39;s key atomic reactor to assess the size of the task they will face in monitoring its shutdown under a nuclear disarmament deal.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors are likely to arrive in North Korea on Saturday to verify a promised shutdown of the country's nuclear reactor, the source of its bomb-grade plutonium, the head of the IAEA said on Wednesday.
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U.N. nuclear monitors arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to discuss the communist nation's plans to fulfill its long-delayed pledge to shut down its main nuclear reactor.