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“North Korea reiterates anti-terror policy in apparent bid for removal from US blacklist”
AP ^ | 06/10/08
Posted on June 10, 2008 1:54:29 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

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U.S. Official Travels to North Korea for Nuclear Talks
Fox News ^ | Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | Associated Press
Posted on June 10, 2008 2:04:12 AM PDT by BloodOrFreedom

Sung Kim, the U.S. State Department’s top Korea expert, crossed into North Korea via the heavily fortified land border with South Korea, the U.S. Embassy in Seoul said.

Kim was to stay in North Korea for two days to discuss how it can finish several remaining steps in disabling its Yongbyong reactor as well the possibility of blowing up a cooling tower there, according to the State Department and the embassy.

North Korea has promised to provide a complete declaration of its nuclear programs in return for aid and political concessions, but has not yet done so. It handed 18,500 pages of nuclear records to the U.S. in May.

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Energy-starved North Korea was promised aid equivalent to 1 million tons of heavy fuel oil for taking initial steps toward disarmament. It has requested that half of the aid be provided in heavy fuel oil and the other half in energy-related equipment — mostly steel products for renovating its outdated power plants.

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