Ban eyes U.N. visit to N Korea over nuclear fears
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South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon, who is poised to become the next head of the United Nations, said he may visit North Korea in his new role to help resolve a standoff over its nuclear ambitions.
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Senior U.N. inspectors will arrive in North Korea on Tuesday to agree steps in verifying a promised shutdown of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme, the  International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday.
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Britain hopes North Korea may be willing to admit international human rights monitors for the first time, a minister who visited the secretive communist state last week said on Monday.
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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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U.N. inspectors headed to North Korea's key nuclear reactor Thursday for the first time since 2002 to discuss plans to shut the plutonium-producing facility under an international accord.
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Olli Heinonen, chief inspector of the United Nation's nuclear watchdog, set out for North Korea on Sunday to agree details on the return of IAEA inspectors to monitor Pyongyang's promised atomic shutdown.
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A team of U.N. nuclear watchdog officials visiting North Korea headed on Thursday for the Yongbyon nuclear plant that Pyongyang has promised to mothball under an aid-for-disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency reported.
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog,  Mohamed ElBaradei, arrived in Seoul on Sunday to discuss South  Korea's nuclear experiments after last month's two intrusive  inspections.
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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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South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon called at the United Nations for a swift resumption of talks aimed at convincing North Korea to shelve its nuclear weapons programme.
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The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, arrived in Seoul Sunday to discuss South Korea&#39;s nuclear experiments after last month&#39;s two intrusive inspections.
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog will meet the North Korean government next month to discuss the shutdown of its nuclear program and bring the secretive communist state back under U.N. supervision.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  flew to Libya on Saturday for a meeting with leader Muammar  Gaddafi to discuss Libya&#39;s role as a mediator in an upcoming  Darfur peace conference.
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UN nuclear inspectors prepare for their first visit to North Korea's main nuclear reactor in four years.
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UN nuclear inspectors will arrive in North Korea on Tuesday to begin talks with Pyongyang on ways to shut down the reactor at the heart of its nuclear programme, the UN atomic agency chief said.
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UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei will travel to North Korea on March 13 to discuss how to monitor the communist state's promised dismantling of nuclear facilities, a spokeswoman said.
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VIENNA -- In a fresh sign of easing tensions, North Korean officials yesterday invited the chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency to come to their capital, Pyongyang, next month to develop plans aimed at dismantling the nation's nuclear weapons program, officials said here.