U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, left, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart, Chun Young-woo, after their press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul. Hill said that North Korea is prepared to promptly close down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor in line with an agreement reached earlier this year

First published in the June 22, 2007, 8:21 a.m. edition

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