U.S. says to verify shutdown of N.Korea nuclear plant
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The U.S. military will seek to independently verify whether North Korea shuts down a nuclear power plant as part of a disarmament-for-aid deal, Washington's military commander in the Pacific region said on Wednesday.
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Efforts to dismantle North Korea's nuclear program moved ahead Friday, with the chief U.S. envoy saying he wants the North's reactor completely disabled by year's end and U.N. inspectors heading to Pyongyang to supervise the shutdown.
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The United States is insisting that multiple facilities at North Korea's Yongbyon complex be shut down, American officials said on Thursday, and these demands could pose new pitfalls for the February 13 nuclear agreement.
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The United States is insisting that  multiple facilities at North Korea&#39;s Yongbyon complex be shut  down, American officials said on Thursday, and these demands  could pose new pitfalls for the February 13 nuclear agreement.
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North Korea has made significant progress in disabling its nuclear facility in Yongbyon but has hesitated at providing key details about the extent of its nuclear programs, including whether it has weaponized the plutonium harvested from the reactor, according to U.S. officials.
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Marking a significant step towards resolving a four-and-a-half-year stand-off with the US, North Korea has shut down its only operating nuclear reactor, the country's state-run media announced yesterday.
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The United States expects North Korea to shut down the reactor at the heart of its nuclear arms development program within about three weeks, top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Saturday.
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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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The U.N. nuclear watchdog and North  Korea have an understanding on how to monitor the shutdown and  sealing of the North&#39;s nuclear reactor, but the closure date  was up to the six-party talks, a U.N. official said on  Saturday.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors will return Saturday to North Korea to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating nuclear reactor, the head of the agency said Wednesday.
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The United Nations nuclear watchdog confirmed today that North Korea had shut down all the remaining facilities at its main nuclear complex after the recent closure of its sole working reactor.
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North Korea has told the United States it has shut down its nuclear reactor as part of a disarmament deal, the U.S. State Department said after a team of U.N. nuclear monitors arrived in Pyongyang.
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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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North Korea moved a step closer to fulfilling a promise to shutter its main nuclear reactor after agreeing with international monitors Friday on how to verify a shutdown.
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North Korea is fully prepared to shut  down its nuclear facilities and allow inspections, a South  Korean official said in New York, where envoys from Pyongyang  and Washington are set to begin rare talks on improving ties.
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SEOUL -- North Korea seemed ready yesterday to take a first step toward scaling back its nuclear weapons program, perhaps this weekend, as UN inspectors prepared to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating atomic reactor.
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A North Korean diplomat confirmed that his country had shut down its sole operating nuclear reactor after receiving an initial shipment of oil aid and said U.N. inspectors would start verifying the closure on Sunday.