North Korea shuts down reactor

2007-07-15 20:54:41

N.Korea is ready to start disabling its nuclear programs following the reactor shutdown, as long as the US lifts all sanctions against the country. 'Nuclear Crisis'

UN inspectors expected in N.Korea soon

2007-07-11 15:29:19

UN nuclear agency inspectors will return Saturday to North Korea to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating nuclear reactor, the agency head said Wednesday.

Report: Beijing to host N.Korea talks

2007-07-10 10:51:46

International disarmament talks on North Korea's nuclear program will resume in Beijing next week, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

Seoul to send NK oil as reactor shutdown nears

2007-07-04 14:49:10

South Korea will start shipping oil to North Korea next week and the initial amount will be between 5,000 and 10,000 tons, an official said on Wednesday.

Chinese FM to meet N.Korea's Kim Jong-il

2007-07-03 15:34:03

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi is to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-il later on Tuesday, a ministry spokesman said, as uncertainty continued over when Pyongyang may shut its nuclear reactor.

IAEA team heads for N.Korea nuclear facility

2007-06-28 08:37:17

A team of IAEA officials visiting N.Korea headed for the Yongbyon nuclear plant that Pyongyang has promised to mothball.

Team to head to N.Korea for reactor shutdown talks

2007-06-26 13:26:40

A UN nuclear watchdog team prepared to leave for N.Korea on Tuesday to negotiate terms for inspectors to confirm the shutdown of Pyongyang's nuclear reactor.

UN nuclear monitor to visit N.Korea

2007-06-25 13:36:35

How to verify that North Korea is shutting down its main nuclear reactor will dominate the agenda for a rare UN visit this week to DPRK.

'N.Korea wants denuclearization'

2007-06-22 16:58:24

Hill said N.Korea is prepared to promptly close down its nuclear reactor in line with an agreement reached earlier this year.North Korea Nuclear Crisis

US nuclear envoy visits N.Korea

2007-06-21 10:38:11

Chief US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill arrives in Pyongyang in the first high-level visit by a US official there in more than 4 1/2 years. North Korea Nuclear Crisis

Seoul: North Korea fires missile

2007-06-19 22:33:59

North Korea fired a short-range missile toward waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, a South Korean intelligence official said Tuesday, amid signs of progress in ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

N.Korea plans to shut reactor in July

2007-06-18 17:03:28

N.Korea plans to seal its main nuclear reactor and source of plutonium in the second half of July, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Monday. DPRK Nuclear Crisis