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North Korea is on track to complete the disablement of its nuclear facilities, said Sung Kim, the director of the Korean affairs desk at the U.S. State Department and the chief U.S. inspector of the process. Kim made these remarks on arrival in Beijing on Thursday after a three-day visit to North Korea as U.S. leader of an inspection team that includes officials and experts from the six nations in denuclearization talks. "We saw a lot of disablement activity going on. I think that all of the steps that can be completed this year will be completed by Dec. 31,¡± he said.
But Kim said North Korea has not yet handed him a list of all its nuclear programs and stockpiles, and his team¡¯s visit focused on the disablement. The technical team arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday to inspect progress at three nuclear facilities -- a 5MW atomic reactor, a reprocessing facility and a nuclear fuel rod manufacturing plant -- according to the Oct. 3 agreement of the six-party talks. The team also met with North Korean officials. It is expected to submit a report to the chief negotiators of the six-party talks before they meet again in Beijing on Dec. 8.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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