North Korea, U.S. reach secret deal to break nuclear deadlock, report says

Yonhap.com (excerpt) ^ | April 12, 2008

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Excerpt -

SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea and the United States have reached a secret deal to end the impasse in the six-nation talks to dismantle the North's nuclear weapons program, a U.S. government-funded radio station reported Saturday.

Under the secret agreement, reached at a meeting of the top nuclear envoys of the two countries in Singapore early this week, the U.S. will make a declaration of North Korea's alleged uranium enrichment program and nuclear cooperation with Syria on behalf of Pyongyang, Radio Free Asia reported on its Web site, citing "multiple diplomatic sources" in Washington.

In return, the agreement calls for North Korea to "acknowledge" the U.S. concern over the two issues, which have been key sticking points at the six-nation disarmament talks, and not to "challenge the facts," the radio station said.

North Korea and the U.S. agreed to exchange a secret memorandum of understanding on the agreement, it said.

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Radio Free Asia report - http://www.rfa.org/korean/simcheongbodo/2008/04/11/hill/

[Eyes Unclouded]

Remember the Axis of Evil? N.Korea worked with us and we go after them last. The USA is just saying look when the public world finds out about the Syria bombing and your involvement we only want to use it to go after Iran.

[Uncle Ike]

Chris Hill once again trades cow for magic beans ping......

[Past Your Eyes]

Oh goody. These things have worked so well in the past.

[Recovering Hermit]

North Korea and the United States have reached a secret deal...

Under the secret agreement...

North Korea and the U.S. agreed to exchange a secret memorandum...

Embellish much?

[JudgemAll]

So now that our “science” on WMDs in Iraq has been snookered, we kow tow and give NK credit for its soundness?

My my my... come on, we’re better than this.

[Uncle Meat]

North Korea and the United States have reached a secret deal to end the impasse in the six-nation talks to dismantle the North's nuclear weapons program, a U.S. government-funded radio station reported Saturday.

Dismantled in NK,to be reassembled in Iran.Why is our goobermental so gullible?

[rbg81]

Gee, I hope this is not another deal where we wink and give NK everything they want (while turning a blind eye to future shennangins) in exchange for a press conference announcing a sham agreement. Once upon a time our leaders really cared about solving problems. Now its all smoke an mirrors. Is my cynicism showing yet?

[nuconvert]

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[BuffaloJack]

When will they learn that you can’t deal with habitual liars.
The only negotiation these people understand is large bombs and noises.

[coloradan]

We bomb the facilities and leadership into oblivion, and blame it on Isreal, in exchange for silence from the survivors?

[varon]

North Korea, U.S. reach secret deal to break nuclear deadlock, report says

How many secret deals total, does that make?

[Liberty Valance]

우라늄 농축,시리아와 핵협력 등 북 “미국 발표 내용에 도전않겠다” 힐, 하원서 미북합의 내용 비공개 브리핑 Maybe it's just me but I can't read the story at that link.

[river rat]

Lucy to Charlie Brown -- "Honest, I won't pull away the football this time"...