N.Korea Shuts Down Reactor

Even though officials are skeptical and N. Korea will continue to push for more in exchange for this shut down, this is great news.

North Korea on Sunday said it shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon. A senior government official in Seoul said, "Through a channel in New York on Sunday morning, North Korea said it kept its promise to shut down its nuclear facilities upon arrival of the first shipment of heavy fuel oil."

The news came right after the first shipment of 6,200 tons of heavy oil arrived at Seonbong Port in North Korea in accordance with a Feb. 13 six-nation agreement.

In an interview with AP right after the reactor was shut down, the deputy chief of North Korea's mission to the UN Kim Myong-gil set out the next conditions Pyongyang wants the U.S. to meet. More.....

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