N Korea to shut down Yongbyon reactor, not dismantle

Itar-Tass ^ | Feb. 12, 2007 | Staff

[Schnucki]

BEIJING, February 12 (Itar-Tass) - North Korea is ready to shut down its nuclear reactor at the Yongbyon research centre under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) control, but at the current stage resolutely objects to its “dismantling,” a source close to the six-sided negotiating process told Itar-Tass on Monday.

In return for freezing its nuclear programme Pyongyang demands compensation – supplies of electricity and fuel oil. According to the source, the supposed energy aid volumes have been several times varied in the course of the current stage of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula denuclearisation with the participation of China, Russia, the two Korea states, the United States and Japan. The source said the parties are currently bargaining as on the market - one side names a figure five times overstated and the other underestimates the demand hoping to get a more or less acceptable variant.

[verum ago]

Yaaay for negotiations! It took awhile, but by sticking with diplomacy we got North Korea to shut down their program before they got nukes. Yaaaaaaaay!

[NonValueAdded]

"Ah, those running dogs are receptive to our blackmail and will give us the oil. Now to spring the trap! We will not dismantle it after all. Bwahahahaha. But give us the oil, you lapping mutts. And when you do and we've used it up, we will threaten to start up the reactor again! Ignorant dogs! Oh, if only we were dealing with the hideous Albright woman, we would be awash in oil by now."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

How do you say "bait and switch" in Korean ?

[50sDad]

What a greasy little dirtball Kim is.

[SargeK]

They have to shut down the reactor to reprocess the fuel into more plutonium.