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BEIJING: A disarmament pact sealed this week takes North Korea a step closer to abandoning its nuclear arms ambitions, and yet it bears potentially deal-breaking ambiguities that negotiators have until now held at bay.
One year after Pyongyang drew international censure with its first nuclear test, it is basking in unfamiliar diplomatic warmth after hosting a summit with South Korea and accepting a disarmament deadline hammered out at six-party talks in Beijing.
Under the deal announced by talks host China on Wednesday, Pyongyang will
One year after Pyongyang drew international censure with its first nuclear test, it is basking in unfamiliar diplomatic warmth after hosting a summit with South Korea and accepting a disarmament deadline hammered out at six-party talks in Beijing.
Under the deal announced by talks host China on Wednesday, Pyongyang will
