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  • September 2008

    • Seoul: N. Korea Is Rebuilding Nuclear Plant

      Associated Press  |  Sep 3, 08 11:54 AM CDT

      Seoul: N. Korea Is Rebuilding Nuclear Plant

      (Newser) - South Korea today claimed Pyongyang is restoring its nuclear facilities, just days after stopping disablement work, the AP reports. North Korea blames America for not holding up its end of the deal by failing to follow through on a June promise to reward nuclear disarmament progress by removing it from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. More »

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      North Korea  • nuclear  • nuclear disarmament  • Yongbyon  • state sponsored terrorism

  • August 2008
  • July 2008

    • N. Korea OKs Nuclear Inspections

      Washington Post  |  Jul 12, 08 5:22 PM CDT

      N. Korea OKs Nuclear Inspections

      (Newser) - North Korean disarmament talks took another halting step today, as the nation agreed in principle to a deal for invasive nuclear inspections, the Washington Post reports. Pyongyang has promised to finish dismantling its Yongbyon reactor by October, and will let inspectors verify that it's down. But negotiators in the six-nation deal failed to hammer out specifics, which means the process may outlive the Bush administration. More »

  • June 2008

    • N. Korea Blows Up Nuclear Tower

      CNN  |  Jun 27, 08 6:52 AM CDT

      N. Korea Blows Up Nuclear Tower

      (Newser) - North Korea demolished the biggest symbol of its nuclear program today, destroying the water tower of its Yongbyon plutonium facility, which had been used to extract plutonium to build nuclear weapons until it was decommissioned last year. But the huge implosion wasn’t just symbolic—the tower would take at least a year to rebuild, and without it the facility is useless. More »

  • February 2008

    • N. Korea Opens Nuke Plant to Foreign Media

      ABC News  |  Feb 23, 08 7:52 AM CST

      N. Korea Opens Nuke Plant to Foreign Media

      (Newser) - North Korea opened its controversial Yongbyon nuclear reactor to the foreign media yesterday, the first time the 5-megawatt plant at the core of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and the target of international disarmament talks has been seen by journalists,  ABC News reports. The visit seemed to be a sign the Communist government wants a disarmament-for-aid deal to proceed. More »

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      North Korea  • nuclear program  • nuclear power  • Yongbyon  • nuclear power plants

  • November 2007

    • US Places Diplomat in N. Korea

      Chosun Ilbo (South Korea)  |  Nov 26, 07 10:05 AM CST

      US Places Diplomat in N. Korea

      (Newser) - Washington has had a "permanent" diplomat stationed in Pyongyang since mid-month, a source tells the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo, marking the first time a US official has been assigned full-time to North Korea. The move is seen as a precursor to possible normalization of relations between the US and North Korea. More »

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      North Korea  • Kim Jong Il  • Pyongyang  • nuclear facilities  • Yongbyon  • diplomat

    • North Korea Disabling Nukes

      AFP  |  Nov 6, 07 3:03 AM CST

      North Korea Disabling Nukes

      (Newser) - North Korea has begun disabling its nuclear installations under the supervision of a team of nine US experts, reports Agence France Presse . Work started at plutonium production facilities in the Yongbyon complex, where North Korea has already shut down a reactor. "Obviously, it is going to take some time," said a State Department spokesman. North Korea currently has enough plutonium to build several bombs. More »

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      North Korea  • nuclear weapons  • Yongbyon

  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • US May Take North Korea Off Terror List

      Reuters  |  Aug 30, 07 4:37 AM CDT

      US May Take North Korea Off Terror List

      (Newser) - The US may be willing to remove North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, qualifying the country for American aid and World Bank loans, before Pyongyang has dismantled its nuclear weapons program. In the run-up to talks with North Korean officials in Geneva this weekend, the lead US negotiator hinted yesterday at the possibility of removal. More »

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      list  • terrorism  • United States  • North Korea  • nuclear weapons  • Pyongyang  • Yongbyon  • Geneva

  • July 2007
  • 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

    • US Goes One-on-One With N. Korea

      New York Times  |  Jun 21, 07 6:37 AM CDT

      US Goes One-on-One With N. Korea

      (Newser) - In a sudden reversal of White House strategy, envoy Christopher Hill has been dispatched to North Korea for direct talks on dismantling the nation's nuclear arsenal, the New York Times reports. The move came just hours after the US released $25 million in frozen North Korean funds that had stalled negotiations. More »

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      North Korea  • nuclear weapons  • nuclear program  • Yongbyon  • Christopher Hill

    • 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

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