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The deal to freeze work at the Yongbyon nuclear facility in exchange for a modest amount of fuel oil has brought hope to resolving the North Korea nuclear crisis. Follow the latest developments.
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N Korea hands over nuclear documents
North Korea handed over thousands of pages of information about its nuclear programme to a US diplomat visiting Pyongyang, state department officials said
US hopes for progress on N Korea talks
The US hopes to secure information it has sought for months when its senior state department official on Korea arrives in Pyongyang
House draws line on North Korea
A key congressional committee approved legislation that could complicate US efforts to reach a denuclearisation deal with North Korea
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North Korea helped Syria construct a nuclear reactor that was “within weeks of completion” when Israel destroyed the facility last September, according to a senior US official
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