North Korea Has Yet To Disable Their Plutonium-Producing Plant

A North Korean flag is seen in the propaganda village of Gijungdong (Reuters)

South Korea Says North Not Restarting Nuclear
Disablement Yet -- Swiss Info

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has not seen signs of North Korea restarting work to take apart its nuclear plant as Pyongyang pledged to do at the weekend, a government official said on Monday, but Seoul could send aid once that work begins.

North Korea said on Sunday it would resume disabling its plutonium-producing nuclear plant and allow in inspectors in response to a U.S. decision a day earlier to remove it from a terrorism blacklist and save a crumbling disarmament deal.

"Such (disablement) moves have not been detected yet," South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young said at a news briefing.

South Korea had planned to send 3,000 tonnes of steel in September to North Korea for meeting previous goals set in the nuclear deal it also reached with China, Japan, Russia and the United States. It delayed the shipment when the North last month said it was restoring its plutonium-producing Yongbyon plant in anger at not being dropped from the U.S. terrorism list.

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My Comment: Only time will tell if they keep their end of the bargain.