North Korea says has funds, awaits UN nuclear team
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North Korea said on Monday it would start implementing a nuclear disarmament deal struck in February and awaits a visit by U.N. inspectors now that a dispute over its funds frozen at a Macau bank had been resolved.
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The United States&#39; top negotiator with North Korea said Friday he is optimistic of a deal within a month over frozen funds that have blocked an agreement to end Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear weapons programme.
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UN inspectors are now set to travel to North Korea and will be leaving in the &quot;next few days,&quot; the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday, after receiving a formal invitation from Pyongyang.
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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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The U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing body on Monday agreed to send inspectors to North Korea to verify Pyongyang is shutting down its atomic bomb program, diplomats said.
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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.
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A US delegation says North Korea is ready to return to stalled talks on its nuclear programme.
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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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The head of the UN nuclear agency says North Korea has invited him for talks on its nuclear programme.
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Russia believes $25 million in unfrozen North Korean funds will arrive in one of its banks on Friday, deputy foreign minister Alexander Losyukov was quoted by Itar-Tass as saying, as part of a nuclear deal.
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The transfer of N Korean funds frozen in Macau, a key issue in nuclear talks, is to begin, media say.
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U.N. nuclear officials arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to negotiate terms for inspectors to monitor the shutdown of Pyongyang's nuclear reactor, its source of bomb-grade plutonium.
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North Korea is to conduct a nuclear test, the foreign ministry says in a statement.
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South Korea welcomed on Sunday the  North&#39;s invitation for a visit by a United Nations nuclear  watchdog delegation, which could be a first step in Pyongyang&#39;s  nuclear disarmament.
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The release by banking authorities of about $25 million in funds to North Korea is part of a nuclear deal.
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Inviting the IAEA chief inspector to visit, North Korea signals it's willing to allow scrutiny of its nuclear program for the first time since 2003. By the Associated Press.
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South Korea&#39;s defense minister said  on Saturday he expects North Korea to begin to close its  nuclear reactor, the source of its weapons-grade plutonium,  once $25 million in frozen funds in a Macau bank are freed up.