N.Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament steps
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North Korea will shut the Yongbyon reactor complex at the heart of its nuclear program and allow international inspectors onto the site as part of an initial disarmament plan sealed in Beijing on Tuesday.
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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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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 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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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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A leaked UN nuclear watchdog report says North Korea has agreed to measures to shut its nuclear facilities.
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North Korea said on Monday that the standoff over frozen funds had been resolved and it would now start implementing a nuclear disarmament deal struck in February.
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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 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 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 programme, the  International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday.
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SEOUL -- North Korea yesterday invited UN nuclear inspectors to the country for a meeting on methods for shutting down its main nuclear reactor.
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North Korea triggered global alarm on Tuesday by saying it will conduct a nuclear test, a key step in the manufacture of atomic bombs that it views as a deterrent against any U.S. attack. But the North also said it was committed to nuclear disarmament, suggesting a willingness to negotiate.
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Six countries reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on initial steps toward North Korea's nuclear disarmament that could usher in the first concrete progress after more than three years of talks marked by delays, deadlock and the communist country's first nuclear test explosion.
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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 and the United States appeared closer to a deal today that could, within weeks, start the process of shutting down the Northâs nuclear weapons program.
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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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The United States and North Korea signed a memorandum during talks last month by which Pyongyang would begin closing a nuclear reactor while the U.S. starts providing energy assistance, a major Japanese newspaper reported Thursday.