N Korea likely to miss reactor deadline

North Korea is unlikely to shut down its main nuclear reactor before next week's deadline because of delays resolving a dispute over Pyongyang's frozen assets, according to diplomats involved in the six-party talks.

Pyongyang was not likely to comply with the requirement to detail all its nuclear weapons programmes and close its Yongbyon reactor by April 14, they said, because Washington had not yet made good on its pledge to return the $25m (£12.6m) in North Korean-linked funds frozen at a small bank in Macao.

US mission heads to North Korea

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Sun Apr 8

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