North Korea says has funds, awaits U.N. team
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North Korea said on Monday it would start implementing a nuclear disarmament deal struck in February and awaits a visit by U.N. inspectors now that a dispute over its funds frozen at a Macau bank had been resolved.
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The transfer of North Korean funds in a  Macau bank, whose delay has stalled a nuclear disarmament deal,  should be completed this week, Yonhap news agency on Wednesday  quoted a senior South Korean official as saying.
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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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A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency arrived in North Korea on Saturday ahead of a planned shutdown of its atomic reactor under a disarmament deal and just hours after delivery of a promised cargo of fuel oil.
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One month after North Korea agreed to return to multilateral nuclear talks following its defiant atomic weapons test, the six-nation dialogue remains stalled. But few are complaining.
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North Korea today took possession of about $25 million in funds previously frozen by a Treasury Department investigation, potentially clearing the way for Pyongyang to fulfill its commitment to shut down an aging nuclear reactor.
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U.N. inspectors were working to verify North Koreaâs announcement that it had shut down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon.
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Most of the North Korean funds frozen in a Macau bank have been transferred, South Korean and Japanese news agencies said on Thursday, raising the prospect of an end to the deadlock stalling Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament.
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A US delegation says North Korea is ready to return to stalled talks on its nuclear programme.
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North Korea set three conditions Friday  to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks  on its nuclear programs.
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The United States and Russia are working on a plan to transfer $25 million in once frozen North Korean funds held at an Asian bank, a move aimed at reviving stalled nuclear disarmament efforts.
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North Korea hopes that a permanent peace treaty with the U.S. will enable it to spend less on its military.
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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. nuclear watchdog officials visiting North Korea traveled on Thursday to a reactor complex that the secretive state has promised to mothball under an aid-for-disarmament deal, Kyodo news agency reported.
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North Korea is still committed to an international disarmament-for-aid deal, a U.S. nuclear envoy said on Wednesday, urging patience even though the reclusive state missed a deadline to list its nuclear arms program.
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Talks and fuel aid aimed at coaxing North Korea to forsake its nuclear weapons program could move ahead in coming weeks, the U.S. nuclear envoy said on Sunday, welcoming Pyongyang's invitation to U.N. inspectors.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog and North Korea have an understanding on how to monitor the shutdown and sealing of the North's nuclear reactor, but the closure date was up to the six-party talks, a U.N. official said on Saturday.