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    Release of Funds Moves North Korea on Nuclear Shutdown

    Some $25 million is on its way from New York to Russia and finally to North Korea, which has refused to begin decommissioning its Yongbyon nuclear reactor until it gets the money. Does that mean the crisis over nuclear weapons is about to be resolved?   Daniel Pinkston is Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Monterey…

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Some $25 million is on its way from New York to Russia and finally to North Korea, which has refused to begin decommissioning its Yongbyon nuclear reactor until it gets the money. Does that mean the crisis over nuclear weapons is about to be resolved?Daniel Pinkston is Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

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      Daniel Pinkston

      Korea specialist at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies

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