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NKorea slows down nuclear disablement, US says
Washington (AFP) May 13, 2008 North Korea has slowed down some of its nuclear disablement activities, saying it had to coordinate with the receipt of energy aid, US nuclear envoy Sung Kim said Tuesday. "I believe they have slowed down the pace a bit. They have cited the need to sort of coordinate the timing of energy assistance," Kim told reporters when asked whether Pyongyang has slowed down some disablement activities. The North, which staged a nuclear test in October 2006, is disabling its plutonium-producing reactor and other plants in return for energy aid and diplomatic and security guarantees under a deal reached last year. The deal is with the United States, China, Japan, Russia and South Korea. Pyongyang has missed a December 31 deadline to declare its nuclear program and its past proliferation record, but last week handed Kim 18,000 pages of documents to support verification of an eventual declaration. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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NKorea prisoners starving to death: aid group
Seoul (AFP) May 13, 2008More and more prison inmates in North Korea are dying of starvation as the communist nation grapples with a food crisis, a South Korean aid group said Tuesday. |
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