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| N Korea 'puts back reactor seals' | N Korea 'puts back reactor seals' |
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| North Korea has reversed recent steps it took to restart the Yongbyon plant, the main site of its controversial nuclear programme, US officials say. | North Korea has reversed recent steps it took to restart the Yongbyon plant, the main site of its controversial nuclear programme, US officials say. |
| State department spokesman Sean McCormack said Pyongyang had put back seals on its nuclear equipment and reinstalled surveillance devices. | State department spokesman Sean McCormack said Pyongyang had put back seals on its nuclear equipment and reinstalled surveillance devices. |
| The move comes days after the US removed North Korea from its list of countries sponsoring terrorism. | The move comes days after the US removed North Korea from its list of countries sponsoring terrorism. |
| The blacklisting had led to deadlock over the country's nuclear disarmament. | The blacklisting had led to deadlock over the country's nuclear disarmament. |
| "All the seals are back on, the surveillance equipment is back, reinstalled, and the equipment that had been removed is back where it had been," Mr McCormack said. | "All the seals are back on, the surveillance equipment is back, reinstalled, and the equipment that had been removed is back where it had been," Mr McCormack said. |
| "In addition to that, they have removed more rods from the reactor." | "In addition to that, they have removed more rods from the reactor." |
| But the spokesman said Pyongyang still had work to do on reprocessing and fuel fabrication. | But the spokesman said Pyongyang still had work to do on reprocessing and fuel fabrication. |
| Inspectors return | |
| North Korea tested an atomic bomb in 2006, but six-nation talks between North and South Korea, the US, China, Japan and Russia led to an agreement for it to halt all nuclear activity. | North Korea tested an atomic bomb in 2006, but six-nation talks between North and South Korea, the US, China, Japan and Russia led to an agreement for it to halt all nuclear activity. |
| The current dispute flared when the North barred inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) because it was still on the US list. | |
| The US announced it was removing Pyongyang from the list last Saturday, after the two countries agreed on a series of measures to verify the North's nuclear programme. | |
| The move was hailed by South Korea but criticised by Japan, which is seeking more information about Japanese citizens abducted by the North in the 1970s and 80s. | |
| North Korea allowed the IAEA monitors back to Yongbyon on Tuesday. |