N Korea claims end of 'pariah' status
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Lifting of US sanctions will open up trade and aid, though Washington is still to confirm the deal.
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A top North Korean official has flagged the resumption of multilateral talks over the country&#39;s efforts to develop nuclear weapons.
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PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea told the United States that it shut down its nuclear reactor, the State Department said yesterday, hours after a ship cruised into port loaded with oil promised in return for the country's pledge to disarm.
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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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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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The US says it has been told by North Korea that it has closed its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.
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North Korea is a totalitarian state where simply mishandling a portrait of leader Kim Jong Il is considered a crime. That doesn't mean there is no internal debate as the regime weighs whether to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.
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North and South Korea are restoring ties during talks this week following the communist country's pledge to shut down its nuclear reactor
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North Korea has made significant progress in disabling its nuclear facility in Yongbyon but has hesitated at providing key details about the extent of its nuclear programs, including whether it has weaponized the plutonium harvested from the reactor, according to U.S. officials.
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North Korea agrees to declare and disable its nuclear facilities by the end of 2007, a top US official says.
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North Korea has agreed to make a full declaration of all its nuclear programmes and to disable them by the end of the year, the chief United States negotiator said on Sunday.
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For the first time in a decade, South Korea has stopped labeling North Korea its "main enemy" but its latest Defense White Paper Friday said it suspects the reclusive state of possessing nuclear weapons.
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North Korea said on Monday the United States has agreed to remove it from its list of countries that support terrorism, a move long-sought by Pyongyang to better its status with the outside world.
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SEOUL, South Korea  - North Korea's declaration  that it possesses nuclear weapons does not make it a nuclear  weapons state, South Korea's unification minister said on  Monday, clearly skeptical about the veracity and timing of  Pyongyang's statement.
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North Korea confirmed it has shut its nuclear reactor that provides the secretive state with material to make weapons-grade plutonium, a North Korean official said, China's Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
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BEIJING - North Korea has denied reports that portraits of leader Kim Jong Il have been disappearing from public places in the capital, Pyongyang.
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North Korea has told the United States it  has shut down its nuclear reactor as part of a disarmament  deal, the U.S. State Department said after a team of U.N.  nuclear monitors arrived in Pyongyang.