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...happened," Hill said. "We don't have Yongbyon nuclear facilities shut down; we don't have them monitored with international observers. We do not have any fuel oil delivered to [North Korea]." South Korea was standing by, Hill said, to deliver 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil to Pyongyang, the agreed-upon reward for decommissioning the reactor, in preparation for the second, more ambitious phase of the disarmament deal. If the Kim Jong Il regime makes good on its word to dismantle its weapons program completely, it is slated receive 1 million tons of fuel oil or its equivalent...
...Administration is struggling to downplay North Korea's refusal to honor its agreement to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, which is producing plutonium that the regime has used to make nuclear weapons. "You know, we have a plan," a senior State Department official told reporters almost plaintively, after Pyongyang missed the 60-day deadline that ran out Saturday. "We're just a little delayed in the timing here and we're going to try to work with the partners in the next few days to get it back on track...
...Despite the much-ballyhooed February agreement among North Korea, four of its neighbors and the U.S. that would have Pyongyang dismantle its nuclear weapons program, thus far there has been very little progress towards meeting that goal. And watching North Korea successfully stall may reinforce the bravado of the Iranian leadership...
...able to explain to you North Korean thinking is probably the day I've been in this process too long.' CHRISTOPHER HILL, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, after North Korea's delegation walked out of six-party talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear program last week in Beijing
...refusal to compromise even slightly on the abductions means that Pyongyang and Tokyo will remain estranged - which puts Japan a bit out of step with a U.S. ally that's suddenly ready to engage with North Korea. Washington has repeatedly said that it respects Japan's position on the kidnappings, but if American and North Korean negotiators in New York remain on theatergoing terms, there's a risk that Japan might be left behind - and that would only make Kim Jong Il happy...