N.Korea to shut reactor in about 3 weeks: Hill
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North Korea will shut down its controversial Yongbyon reactor very soon, probably within three weeks, the top U.S. nuclear envoy said in Tokyo on Saturday.
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How to verify that North Korea is shutting down its main nuclear reactor will dominate the agenda for a rare U.N. visit this week to the communist nation, a senior nuclear monitor said Monday.
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North Korea offered to meet a U.S. request that it declare and disable its nuclear programs by the end of the year, South Korea said Wednesday, indicating its will to comply with a disarmament pledge after shutting down its sole operating reactor.
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U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said Monday a stalled process to shut down Pyongyang's nuclear program could resume within weeks now that a dispute over the transfer of North Korean funds is over.
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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.
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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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TOKYO -- Pyongyang and Washington have agreed on a three-week timetable for shutting down the North's plutonium-producing reactor, a top US nuclear envoy said today.
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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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North Korea agreed Sunday to declare and disable all its nuclear facilities by the end of the year, the chief U.S. negotiator said -- the first time the communist country has offered a timeline to end its secretive atomic program.
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North Korea was probably pushed to take a deal to shut down its nuclear reactor in return for aid because of its faltering economy and limited diplomatic options, a senior South Korean official said on Friday.
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BEIJING/KUALA LUMPUR  - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday that North Korea had shut down its nuclear reactor and four related facilities, a major step in efforts to get it to give up its nuclear weapons programs.
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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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South Korea'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.
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Japan and North Korea will hold talks next week to discuss the resumption of multilateral negotiations aimed at dismantling the communist nation&#39;s nuclear arms program, a Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said.
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The UN nuclear watchdog says it will travel to North Korea next week to discuss shutting the Yongbyon reactor.
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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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Current talks on North Korean disarmament will end without a crucial deadline for the hermit nation to declare and close all its nuclear facilities, US chief envoy Christopher Hill said Thursday.