Energy aid bound for North Korea
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A ship carrying the first delivery of energy aid under a key disarmament deal leaves S Korea for the North.
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The United States and North Korea have signed a memorandum under which Pyongyang has agreed to shut down a nuclear reactor in exchange for energy aid, a newspaper said.
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North Korea said Monday last week&#39;s explosion in a remote northern area was part of a hydro-electric project, the BBC quoted the North&#39;s foreign minister as telling a visiting British official.
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South Korea said on Thursday that it would send a small amount of food to the impoverished North as part of an international aid effort but any large shipments would remain dependent on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament.
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North Korea appears almost certain to miss a deadline in a nuclear deal, a development that is unlikely to scuttle the disarmament-for-aid pact it reached with regional powers but could hamper its implementation.
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North Korea said on Friday it had given an account of its nuclear arms program as required in an international disarmament deal, while separately threatening to boost "war deterrent".
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North Korea has invited a delegation of the United Nations nuclear watchdog to visit the country in what could be a first step towards implementing an international agreement intended to curb its nuclear programme.
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Ready, willing and able &#151; but in the dark. That describes the state of inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency as they scramble to find ways to enforce a deal committing North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.
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North Korea has agreed to a deal to begin to close down its nuclear program in exchange for $300 million in energy and financial aid, a Chinese diplomat said in a statement at the close of six-party talks.
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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 agreed Tuesday to accept half of the economic aid it has been promised for disabling its nuclear reactor in energy-related equipment and other materials, a South Korean official said.
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A South Korean delegation left Tuesday for high-level talks with North Korea, paving the way for the resumption of food aid after the impoverished communist state promised to scrap its nuclear programme.
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North Korea will allow a team of U.N. nuclear watchdog officials to visit the Yongbyon reactor it agreed to shut down under a disarmament-for-aid deal, Japan's Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday.
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Science & environment: Along with political cooperation, Seoul's plan to help the North with IT could shatter Cold War boundary
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A shipment of oil that North Korea has said it is awaiting before it begins to shut its nuclear reactor as part of a disarmament deal set sail from the South on Thursday, a port official said.
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A financial dispute that has held up North Korea's pledge to shut down its nuclear reactor could be nearing a breakthrough after a news report that the long-awaited transfer of frozen North Korean funds will start Thursday
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Envoys from six countries stood on the verge of a deal to start unwinding North Korea's nuclear arms programme after agreeing a multi-million-dollar package of energy aid for the reclusive communist state.