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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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Rice hails talks with North Korea
The US secretary of state met Pak Ui-chun, her North Korean counterpart, on Wednesday together with the foreign ministers of China, Japan, Russia and South Korea
N Korea to disable main reactor
Pyongyang has agreed to disable its main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon by the end of October in return for deliveries of fuel oil and other economic aid
Ban Ki-moon considers trip to N Korea
The United Nations secretary general has put a trip to Pyongyang on his agenda in a bid to build momentum following N Korea’s nuclear disclosures
N Korea to receive emergency food aid
Hungry North Koreans are expected to receive emergency food aid from the US this week amid increasing concern that the impoverished state is teetering on the brink of another famine
N Korea topples cooling tower, says report
Experts said the dramatic event still leaves unresolved questions about the North’s commitment to a nuclear disarmament deal
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