Japan wants IAEA inspections on S Korea&#39;s plutonium test
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TOKYO - Japan on Thursday described the plutonium extraction experiment conducted by South Korea in the early 1980s as &quot;inappropriate&quot; and called for strict inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors will return Saturday to North Korea to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating nuclear reactor, the head of the agency said Wednesday.
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A nuclear test by North Korea could encourage Japan, Taiwan and possibly South Korea to initiate their own nuclear programs in the already unsettled region, according to a report by Republican staff on the House Intelligence Committee.
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The UN Security Council unanimously agreed to press North Korea to drop plans to test an atom bomb, which Japan said could be exploded this weekend.
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North Korea said on Tuesday that it would conduct a nuclear test in the future but remained committed to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang's official KCNA news agency said.
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The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, says he wants South Korea to tell the truth about past unauthorized nuclear experiments.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency says it will dispatch another team of inspectors to South Korea this month to pursue an investigation into South Korea&#39;s nuclear research.
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World powers are set to adopt a joint statement urging North Korea to abandon plans to test a nuclear device, which Japan said could happen as early as this weekend.
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U.N. inspectors headed to North Korea's key nuclear reactor Thursday to discuss a long-delayed shutdown of the facility
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A 137-nation meeting of the atomic watchdog agency demanded on Friday that North Korea scrap nuclear weapons ambitions and urged it to again allow agency inspectors to supervise its return to peaceful activities.
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said that South Korea&#39;s failure to report its nuclear experiments to the IAEA in the past is of serious concern.
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United Nations inspectors confirmed on Saturday after a &quot;fruitful&quot; visit to North Korea that the country intended to shut down its main nuclear reactor, although no time frame had yet been set.
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A UN team will go to North Korea on Saturday to monitor the shutdown of a nuclear reactor, the IAEA says.
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Japan's Defense Agency, voicing &quot;grave concern&quot; about North Korea's recent missile tests, has called for the quick implementation of a controversial plan to realign US military bases.
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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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Japan's top government spokesman says Tokyo is stepping up monitoring of North Korea amid speculation that the communist nation could carry out a nuclear test as early as this weekend.
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A team of inspectors from the United States, China and Russia headed Wednesday to North Korea's main nuclear facilities to study how to permanently disable them so that the communist country can no longer produce atomic bombs