N.Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament steps
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North Korea agreed to take steps toward nuclear disarmament under a groundbreaking deal struck on Tuesday that will bring the impoverished communist state some $300 million in aid.
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U.N. inspectors have confirmed that North Korea has shut down its sole functioning nuclear reactor, its first step toward halting production of nuclear weapons.
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Six-nation disarmament talks are due to wrap up on Thursday amid hopes that North Korea will agree to give a full account of all its nuclear weapons programmes and close them by the end of this year.
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American officials see the step by the Treasury as a crucial part of the recent deal to disarm North Koreaâs nuclear program.
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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 program, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
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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 State Department said on Saturday after a team of U.N. nuclear inspectors arrived in Pyongyang.
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Japan and China will cooperate closely to ensure that North Korea follows through on its agreement to dismantle its nuclear weapons programs, Japan's prime minister said Friday.
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Six-party talks in Beijing on ending North Korea's nuclear arms program have reached a de facto deal, which will be announced at a full session of the negotiators later on Tuesday, Japan's Jiji news agency reported, quoting negotiation sources.
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North Korea will soon start disabling its  Soviet-era nuclear facility that makes arms-grade plutonium as  called for in a deal the secretive state struck with regional  powers, the South's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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President Roh Moo-hyun and US President George W. Bush agreed to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue in a peaceful and diplomatic way within the framework of the six-party talks.
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North Korea is willing to take initial steps toward ending its nuclear arms program, South Korean officials said on Thursday after the opening of six-country talks in Beijing.
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North Korea has agreed to "containment and surveillance" measures by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to verify a shutdown of its nuclear arms program, an IAEA report said on Tuesday.
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BEIJING -- Envoys from six nations reached a tentative agreement early today on the first steps toward North Korea's nuclear disarmament, a potential breakthrough in talks that have faltered repeatedly since 2003.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said on Tuesday each party should take "initial actions" in an aid-for-disarmament deal, China's Xinhua news agency reported amid signs Pyongyang was preparing to shut down its main nuclear plant.
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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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A groundbreaking deal to curtail North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions and draw the isolated regime out of brinksmanship edged toward approval on Tuesday after envoys from six countries settled differences over energy aid.
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North Korea will allow a team of U.N. nuclear watchdog officials to visit the Yongbyon reactor it has agreed to shut down under a disarmament-for-aid deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday.