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  • October 2008

    • N. Korea Readies Test Launch Missiles

      Reuters  |  Oct 9, 08 12:56 PM CDT

      N. Korea Readies Test Launch Missiles

      (Newser) - North Korea sent 10 missiles to test-launch sites off the Yellow Sea today and halted UN monitoring of its nuclear complex, Reuters reports, in the latest hardline signal from the Communist regime as it flirts with scrapping a nuclear disarmament deal. Meanwhile, Pyongyang tested two ship-to-ship missiles in the West Sea on Tuesday, reports Chosun Ilbo —at an estimated cost of $1 million to the impoverished nation. More »

  • September 2008

    • N. Korea Restarts Nuke Program

      Associated Press  |  Sep 24, 08 6:40 AM CDT

      N. Korea Restarts Nuke Program

      (AP) - North Korea plans to reactivate its nuclear program and will start reinserting plutonium-producing nuclear material within a week, reports the AP. Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, said that his inspectors removed all agency seals and surveillance equipment from the country's main nuclear facility. He added that "from here on, the IAEA inspectors will have no further access to the reprocessing plant." More »

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      North Korea  • nuclear program  • nuclear disarmament  • Yongbyon  • IAEA  • six party talks  • plutonium

  • July 2008
  • November 2007

    • Iran Prepared for Large-Scale Nuclear Fuel Output: UN

      Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 15, 07 3:32 PM CST

      Iran Prepared for Large-Scale Nuclear Fuel Output: UN

      (Newser) - Iran is able to produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale, with 3,000 centrifuges capable of enriching uranium, a UN watchdog agency said today in a report sure to fuel diplomatic wrangling over sanctions. In praising Iran’s openness but demanding more, the International Atomic Energy Agency provided ammunition for both sides; Iran's president said the document vindicated his government's policies. More »

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      China  • Russia  • Iran  • Great Britain  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • uranium  • nuclear enrichment  • IAEA

  • August 2007

    • UN Finds Iran Nuke Progress Slow

      Reuters  |  Aug 30, 07 3:12 PM CDT

      UN Finds Iran Nuke Progress Slow

      (Newser) - The UN's nuclear watchdog says Iran’s uranium enrichment is progressing slowly, Reuters reports, a finding that will likely dim American efforts to impose new sanctions. “Iran made a fast start but then there was a leveling off,” said an official of the IAEA, whose report debunked Iran's claims that it has "industrial capacity" to enrich uranium. More »

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      Iran  • United Nations  • uranium  • nuclear proliferation  • nuclear  • inspection  • IAEA

  • July 2007

    • North Korea Seeks Military Talks With US

      Voice of America  |  Jul 13, 07 10:11 AM CDT

      North Korea Seeks Military Talks With US

      (Newser) - On the eve of the arrival of UN observers monitoring the shutdown of its main nuclear plant, North Korea today appealed for direct military talks with the US. But Washington insists that the elimination of Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons program takes precedence, the Voice of America reports, and a South Korean expert says he's concerned that the request is a smokescreen. More »

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      United Nations  • North Korea  • South Korea  • nuclear weapons  • Pyongyang  • IAEA  • Six nation talks

    • IAEA Prepares for Return to Pyongyang

      BBC  |  Jul 9, 07 4:54 PM CDT

      IAEA Prepares for Return to Pyongyang

      (Newser) - The International Atomic Energy Association has approved its mission to North Korea, and could be inside the pariah nation this week, the BBC reports. Officials will oversee the closure of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a major concession the north made in February in exchange for economic and energy aid which has already begun trickling in to Pyongyang. More »

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      North Korea  • Kim Jong Il  • nuclear proliferation  • IAEA

  • June 2007

    • North Korea Agrees to Fold Nuke Factories

      Associated Press  |  Jun 29, 07 12:01 PM CDT

      North Korea Agrees to Fold Nuke Factories

      (Newser) - North Korea reached a promising accord with the UN today, pledging to shut its main nuclear reactor in exchange for economic aid and political compromise from the US and its allies. IAEA inspectors returned today from the Yongbyon nuclear complex—the first visit since monitors were expelled in 2002—and will flood the site in several weeks. More »

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      United Nations  • North Korea  • aid  • nuclear  • nuclear reactor  • Yongbyon  • IAEA

    • N. Korea Said Ready to Close Reactor in July

      Reuters  |  Jun 18, 07 7:43 AM CDT

      N. Korea Said Ready to Close Reactor in July

      (Newser) - North Korea will close down its main nuclear reactor as early as next month, Reuters reports, citing Russia's Interfax news agency. UN  nuclear inspectors have been invited into the country; now a diplomatic source tell Interfax that inspectors will be present as the Yongbyon reactor, which produces weapons-grade plutonium, begins to shut down in late July. More »

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      North Korea  • diplomacy  • nuclear program  • aid  • Yongbyon  • IAEA

  • May 2007

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