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| North Korea has agreed to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor within three weeks, US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill has said. | North Korea has agreed to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor within three weeks, US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill has said. |
| Speaking on arrival at Tokyo airport, Mr Hill told reporters the timeframe began as of Friday. | Speaking on arrival at Tokyo airport, Mr Hill told reporters the timeframe began as of Friday. |
| The envoy made a surprise two-day trip to North Korea earlier this week for talks on its nuclear programme. | The envoy made a surprise two-day trip to North Korea earlier this week for talks on its nuclear programme. |
| Pyongyang agreed in February to shut its reactor, but progress had been held up in a dispute over frozen funds. | Pyongyang agreed in February to shut its reactor, but progress had been held up in a dispute over frozen funds. |
| North Korea said the talks with Mr Hill had been "comprehensive and productive", the official Korean Central News Agency reported. | North Korea said the talks with Mr Hill had been "comprehensive and productive", the official Korean Central News Agency reported. |
| The agency said the two sides agreed to resume six-party talks involving North Korea, South Korea, the US, Russia, Japan and China, in July. | The agency said the two sides agreed to resume six-party talks involving North Korea, South Korea, the US, Russia, Japan and China, in July. |
| UN nuclear watchdog inspectors plan to visit North Korea next week for the first time since they were forced out of the country in 2002. | |
| Under the February deal, Pyongyang agreed to shut the reactor in return for $25m, frozen for nearly two years, to be sent from a bank in Macau to a North Korean account in Beijing. | |
| After an initial delay, the transfer got under way with Russian intervention. | |
| North Korea was also promised 50,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil, to be supplied by the five other countries involved in the nuclear negotiations. |