North Korea nuclear disablement may start next week
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North Korea could start disabling its plants that make weapons-grade plutonium as early as next week as a part of a disarmament-for-aid deal the reclusive state struck with regional powers, a news report said on Monday.
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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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The UN nuclear watchdog says it will travel to North Korea next week to discuss shutting the Yongbyon reactor.
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North Korea could be ready to begin shutting its plutonium reactor within weeks, the envoy said.
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UN nuclear inspectors will arrive in North Korea on Tuesday to begin talks with Pyongyang on ways to shut down the reactor at the heart of its nuclear programme, the UN atomic agency chief said.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency&#39;s  governing body is expected on Monday to authorize the dispatch  of U.N. monitors to North Korea to verify the shutdown of its  atomic bomb programme, diplomats said.
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The top U.S. nuclear envoy, just returned from a rare visit to North Korea, said on Friday that Pyongyang was ready to promptly disable its nuclear reactor in weeks and live up to pledges it made in a disarmament deal.
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A six-nation meeting will be held in Beijing next week to seal an agreement with North Korea on disabling its nuclear weapons program, the US envoy to the talks said Friday.
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U.N. inspectors headed to North Korea's key nuclear reactor Thursday to discuss a long-delayed shutdown of the facility
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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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The International Atomic Energy Agency's governing body is expected on Monday to authorize the dispatch of U.N. monitors to North Korea to verify the shutdown of its atomic bomb program, diplomats said.
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The transfer of North Korean funds that have been frozen in a Macau bank is to begin on Thursday, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, raising chances for a breakthrough in a deadlock that has stalled a nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang.
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North Korea must seize the opportunity presented by six-country talks next week to agree to initial steps on dismantling its nuclear weapons program, the South's new foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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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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Hopes rose Friday that North Korea will start its promised nuclear shutdown as UN atomic inspectors prepared to leave for Pyongyang, but the North&#39;s military said US hostility could still scupper the disarmament deal.
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The transfer of North Korean funds long frozen in a Macau bank was due to begin on Thursday, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, raising the prospect of an end to the deadlock stalling a nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang.
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INCHEON, South Korea -- A stalled process to dismantle Pyongyang's nuclear programs could resume within weeks now that a dispute over the transfer of North Korean funds is over, U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said Monday.