N.Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament steps
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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. inspectors have confirmed that North Korea has shut down its sole functioning nuclear reactor, its first step toward halting production of nuclear weapons.
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North Korea is ready to discuss the initial steps of its nuclear disarmament, the country's main envoy said Thursday as he arrived for international talks on the communist nation's atomic weapons program.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said on Tuesday each party should take "initial actions" in an aid-for-disarmament deal, China's Xinhua news agency reported amid signs Pyongyang was preparing to shut down its main nuclear plant.
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North Korea will soon start disabling its Soviet-era nuclear facility that makes arms-grade plutonium as called for in a deal the secretive state struck with regional powers, the South's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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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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President Roh Moo-hyun and US President George W. Bush agreed to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue in a peaceful and diplomatic way within the framework of the six-party talks.
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North Korea is committed to a disarmament pact reached in February but wants sanctions lifted first, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday on his return from a trip he said had cleared the air.
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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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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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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 agreed on Tuesday to take steps toward nuclear disarmament in exchange for $300 million in aid under a deal President George W. Bush hailed as the best chance to get it to scrap its atomic weapons program.
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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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BEIJING -- Envoys from six nations reached a tentative agreement early today on the first steps toward North Korea's nuclear disarmament, a potential breakthrough in talks that have faltered repeatedly since 2003.
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North Korea's official media said on Monday the issue of frozen funds at the centre of a months-long nuclear impasse has been resolved and it will begin implementing a February disarmament deal.
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PARIS - North Korea agreed to disclose all of its nuclear activities and disable its nuclear programs by the end of the year, a senior US official said yesterday after negotiations this weekend in Geneva.
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North Korea will allow a team of U.N. nuclear watchdog officials to visit the Yongbyon reactor it has agreed to shut down under a disarmament-for-aid deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday.