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 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea strongly suggested Friday that it is willing to suspend operations at its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor as soon as it receives an initial shipment of energy aid promised as a reward for closing the facility.
South Korea plans to deliver the first oil shipment to the impoverished North on July 14, the Yonhap news agency reported.
The North's Foreign Ministry said via state media that it was "earnestly examining even the issue of suspending the operation of its nuclear facilities ... from the moment" it gets one-tenth of the promised 50,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil. South Korea expected to deliver 6,200 metric tons in the initial shipment.
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