North Korea plans to shut reactor in July: report
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North Korea plans to seal its nuclear reactor, the source of weapons-grade plutonium, in the second half of July, Russia's Interfax news agency quoted an unidentified North Korean diplomatic source as saying on Monday.
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Pyongyang will not meet target for disabling key reactor and revealing nuclear programmes, diplomats say
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Marking a significant step towards resolving a four-and-a-half-year stand-off with the US, North Korea has shut down its only operating nuclear reactor, the country's state-run media announced yesterday.
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The United States expects North Korea to shut down within three weeks the reactor at the heart of its atomic weapons program, top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Saturday.
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North Korea has told the United States it has shut down its Yongbyon nuclear facilities, the State Department said on Saturday as a team of U.N. nuclear inspectors arrived in Pyongyang.
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VIENNA, Austria -- North Korea is prepared to cooperate with the U.N. agency overseeing the shutdown of the country's nuclear program, according to a report made available Tuesday to The Associated Press.
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SEOUL -- United Nations inspectors have verified that North Korea has shut down its sole functioning nuclear reactor, the chief of the watchdog agency said today, confirming the isolated country had taken its first step in nearly five years to halt production of atomic weapons. South Korea sent more oil to the North today to reward its compliance with an ...
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South Korea&#39;s defense minister said  on Saturday he expects North Korea to begin to close its  nuclear reactor, the source of its weapons-grade plutonium,  once $25 million in frozen funds in a Macau bank are freed up.
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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.
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Washington's top nuclear envoy said on Wednesday stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program are likely to resume in early July, but Pyongyang must keep its promise to shut down a nuclear reactor.
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North Korea will shut down its controversial Yongbyon reactor very soon, probably within three weeks, the top U.S. nuclear envoy said in Tokyo on Saturday.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors are likely to arrive in North Korea on Saturday to verify a promised shutdown of the country's nuclear reactor, the source of its bomb-grade plutonium, the head of the IAEA said on Wednesday.
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TOKYO -- Pyongyang and Washington have agreed on a three-week timetable for shutting down the North's plutonium-producing reactor, a top US nuclear envoy said today.
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North Korea has agreed to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for fuel aid, reports from Beijing say.
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North Korea has agreed to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for fuel aid, China's envoy says.
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North Korea agrees to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor within three weeks, US envoy  says.
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The United States expects North Korea to shut down the reactor at the heart of its atomic arms development within about three weeks, top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Saturday.