S.Korea Hopes IAEA Will End Its Case in November
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South Korea declared Saturday it has no  plans to develop or possess nuclear weapons, but said it would  pursue scientific atomic research transparently in cooperation  with the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
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The United States expects North Korea to shut down the reactor at the heart of its atomic arms development within about three weeks, top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Saturday.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency is poised to send a team to North Korea this week to verify the shutdown of its atom bomb project after IAEA governors give an expected go-ahead on Monday, diplomats said.
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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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North Korea could be ready to begin shutting its plutonium reactor within weeks, the envoy said.
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Japan&#39;s Foreign Ministry is preparing to hold bilateral talks with North Korea this month, as hopes fade for six-nation talks to take place before November.
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South Korea urged North Korea on Wednesday to act quickly to end its nuclear arms programme when the rival states met for their first high-level talks since Pyongyang's missile and nuclear tests last year.
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The six parties trying to end a crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions could hold working group talks in November, diplomats said on Thursday, the first sign of progress since Pyongyang stalled after the last round.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency will conduct a second round of inspections at South Korea's nuclear facilities next week, government officials in Seoul said Wednesday.
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South Korean officials will meet with the UN nuclear watchdog this month to explain about controversial uranium enrichment tests conducted four years ago, Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon said.
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North Korea said Friday it is willing to shut down its main nuclear reactor as soon as it receives an initial shipment of energy aid promised as a reward for closing the facility.
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Six-nation disarmament talks are due to wrap up on Thursday amid hopes that North Korea will agree to give a full account of all its nuclear weapons programmes and close them by the end of this year.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency&#39;s  governing body is expected on Monday to authorize the dispatch  of U.N. monitors to North Korea to verify the shutdown of its  atomic bomb programme, diplomats said.
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North Korea has a three-week deadline from now to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Saturday.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors will likely arrive in North Korea on Saturday to verify a promised shutdown of the country's nuclear reactor and source of arms-grade plutonium, the head of the IAEA said on Wednesday.
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South Korea's president-elect Lee Myung-bak said on Thursday his conservative government will press North Korea to drop its nuclear arms program but was mindful of the need to be patient with the communist state.
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North Korea said Monday that it will not resume talks on its nuclear weapons program until the Bush administration ends its "hostile policy" against Pyongyang and South Korea publishes complete details of its secret efforts to produce nuclear-weapons-grade fuel.