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| UN confirms N Korea nuclear halt | UN confirms N Korea nuclear halt |
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| United Nations inspectors have verified the shutdown of North Korea's key reactor, the head of the UN nuclear agency has confirmed. | |
| The process was going well and North Korea was co-operating, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei told journalists in Bangkok. | The process was going well and North Korea was co-operating, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei told journalists in Bangkok. |
| On Saturday, North Korea announced that it had shut down the Yongbyon reactor. | On Saturday, North Korea announced that it had shut down the Yongbyon reactor. |
| The move came after the first shipment of aid promised under a nuclear disarmament deal arrived in the North. | |
| Speaking in the Thai capital, Mr ElBaradei said his 10-man team of experts had verified Pyongyang's statement. | |
| "Our inspectors are there. They verified the shutting down of the reactor yesterday (Sunday)," he said. "It's a good step in the right direction." | |
| The IAEA team arrived in North Korea on Saturday. In the coming days, they are to decommission and seal equipment at the reactor and plutonium reprocessing plant. | |
| More aid | |
| Early on Monday, a second shipment of energy aid was dispatched to North Korea. | |
| A tanker carrying 7,500 tons of fuel oil left South Korea's Ulsan port bound for Nampo in North Korea, a South Korean official said. | |
| Under the deal agreed in February, North Korea is to receive 50,000 tons of energy aid for shutting Yongbyon down and another 950,000 tons for disabling all its nuclear facilities. | |
| Representatives from the six countries involved in the deal - North Korea, Japan, China, the US, Russia and South Korea - are to meet for talks in the Chinese capital, Beijing, later this week, to discuss further implementation of the deal. |