N Korea plant trip 'satisfactory'
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UN nuclear inspectors pay a "satisfactory" visit to a North Korean atomic reactor for the first time in four years.
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The Foreign Office has welcomed the &quot;positive outcome&quot; of six-party talks in Beijing aimed at halting North Korea's nuclear weapons drive.
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South Korea Monday shrugged off North Korean criticism of the South's experiments with nuclear materials as familiar posturing that would not rule out the mercurial communist North's return to atomic arms talks.
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South Korea has shrugged off North Korean criticism of the South&#39;s experiments with nuclear materials as familiar posturing that would not rule out the mercurial communist North&#39;s return to atomic arms talks.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday welcomed nuclear-armed North Korea&#39;s invitation for international inspection for closure of its key atomic plant but cautioned the reclusive state against reneging on its obligations.
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NEW YORK -- The United States said it had "very good" talks with North Korea yesterday and it appeared that a deal on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions was on track for now.
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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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North Korea on Tuesday invited in International Atomic Energy Agency monitors to verify a promised shutdown of its atomic bomb program and they will travel to the country within the next few days, the IAEA said.
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North Korea has enough plutonium to build an estimated four to eight crude nuclear warheads that could potentially be mounted on medium-range missiles, a Washington-based think tank said.
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UN inspectors are now set to travel to North Korea and will be leaving in the &quot;next few days,&quot; the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday, after receiving a formal invitation from Pyongyang.
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A special meeting of the IAEA is expected to approve the return of nuclear inspectors to North Korea.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il praised his country's scientists and technicians for developing software programs that state media said Tuesday have reached a "world level."
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Talks on North Korea's nuclear programs resumed on a positive note Thursday, with the Chinese hosts distributing a draft agreement and the North agreeing in principle to initial steps to disarm.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says North Korea's decision to allow UN inspectors in is 'a good step'.
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North Korea will allow U.N. monitors to visit the country's key nuclear facility for two days beginning Thursday, a Japanese news agency reported.
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The prospect of initial steps toward ending North Korea's nuclear arms program brightened on Friday as negotiators considered a plan for Pyongyang to suspend operations at a nuclear plant within two months.
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Recent talks between a U.S.-led team of nuclear experts and North Korea were "businesslike" and "positive," an official said Saturday, raising hopes for a deal soon on how to disable the North's nuclear facilities.