N. Korea preparing to restart nuclear facility

Oct. 10, 2008

North Korea moved closer to relaunching its nuclear arms program, announcing that it wants to reactivate its atomic bomb-producing facility and banning U.N. inspectors from the site.

Mayak nuke storage facility secured

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, in partnership with Russia, has completed security upgrades at the Mayak nuclear weapons storage facility.

New facility to dispose of nuke material

AKTAU, Kazakhstan, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The United States and Kazakhstan have completed a new facility to dispose of nuclear material in a multiyear plan to counter nuclear proliferation.

N. Korean nuclear sites samples sought

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The United States says verification of North Korea's earlier nuclear activities must include samples taken from its nuclear sites.

Official wants probe of Syrian nuke site

VIENNA, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Diplomats in Vienna say there is enough evidence to justify further investigation of a suspected Syrian nuclear site bombed by Israel in September 2007.

Seoul hopes for economic gains with North

BEIRUT, China, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says Asian and European leaders should help him entice North Korea into demilitarizing through economic cooperation.

Russia, S. Korea in nuclear talks

MOSCOW, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Russian and South Korean leaders at the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament met Thursday in Moscow to coordinate negotiations.

IAEA says inspectors back in N.Korea

VIENNA, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday North Korea allowed its inspectors back into the Yongbyon nuclear facility.

N. Korea to resume nuke plant dismantling

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- North Korea says it will resume dismantling its nuclear reprocessing complex in the wake of a U.S. decision to drop the country from its terrorism list.

N. Korean nuclear sites may remain closed

SEOUL, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. and North Korean officials reached a tentative deal that may leave undeclared nuclear sites closed to international inspectors, an official said Friday.

Report: North Korea may go off terror list

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The Bush administration may soon remove North Korea from the U.S. terrorism list, sources told The Washington Post.

Japan says no to N. Korean offer

TOKYO, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has turned down a U.S.-supported North Korean nuclear verification offer, sources told the Financial Times.

Inspectors banned from N. Korean nuke site

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- The North Korean government said Thursday that international inspectors won't be allowed into its Yongbyon nuclear reactor complex.

S. Korea: N. Korea unlikely to have nukes

SEOUL, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- North Korea is unlikely to have or actually started developing nuclear warheads, the chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday.

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Chief U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said Friday he had "substantive" talks with North Korea over nuclear disarmament, but no breakthrough was reported.

U.S. resumes talks with North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. envoy Christopher Hill was in North Korea Wednesday for negotiations aimed at rescuing a nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang.