N.Korea agrees on disarmament steps
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North Korea agreed to take steps toward nuclear disarmament under a groundbreaking deal struck on Tuesday that will bring the impoverished communist state more than $300 million worth of aid.
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U.N. inspectors have verified that North Korea has shuttered all facilities at its main nuclear complex beyond its sole working reactor, the chief of the watchdog agency said Wednesday, as envoys gathered for six-nation talks on the next steps toward Pyongyang's disarmament.
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North Korea is committed to a disarmament agreement reached in February but wants sanctions against it lifted first, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday on return from the reclusive communist state.
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All six nations involved in North Korean nuclear talks have agreed on a timeframe for a crucial second disarmament phase, the US envoy said Thursday on the second and final day of discussions.
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BEIJING, Feb. 13 -- In a landmark international accord, North Korea promised Tuesday to close down and seal its lone nuclear reactor within 60 days in return for 50,000 tons of fuel oil as a first step in abandoning all nuclear weapons and research programs.
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WASHINGTON -- North Korea declared yesterday for the first time that it has produced nuclear weapons and said it is quitting six-nation talks on arms control, sending the Bush administration and its allies scrambling to rescue a two-year-old diplomatic strategy to halt Pyongyang's arms program.
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North Korea is committed to a disarmament pact reached in February but wants sanctions against it lifted first, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday on his return from a trip he said had cleared the air.
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North Korea's top envoy to six-nation talks on his country's nuclear program said Pyongyang is ready to implement the nuclear disarmament agreement reached earlier this week, a news report said Thursday.
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A groundbreaking deal to curtail North  Korea's nuclear arms ambitions and draw the isolated regime out  of brinksmanship edged toward approval on Tuesday after envoys  from six countries settled differences over energy aid.
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Marking a significant step towards resolving a four-and-a-half-year stand-off with the US, North Korea has shut down its only operating nuclear reactor, the country's state-run media announced yesterday.
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North Korea will allow a team of U.N.  nuclear watchdog officials to visit the Yongbyon reactor it has  agreed to shut down under a disarmament-for-aid deal, the  International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
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The United States and North Korea have signed a memorandum under which Pyongyang has agreed to shut down a nuclear reactor in exchange for energy aid, a newspaper said.
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North Korea has told the United  States it has shut down a nuclear reactor as part of a  disarmament deal, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday  after a team of U.N. nuclear inspectors arrived in Pyongyang.
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North Korea has agreed to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for fuel aid, reports from Beijing say.
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North Korea agreed in weekend talks with the United States to fully account for and disable its nuclear programs by the end of this year, negotiators said on Sunday.
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North Korea is willing to take initial  steps toward ending its nuclear arms program, South Korean  officials said after six-party talks opened on Thursday,  hinting at rare progress in talks which have ended in stalemate  for years.
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A leaked UN nuclear watchdog report says North Korea has agreed to measures to shut its nuclear facilities.