It was probably wishful thinking to hope for more. Still, there appears to be some sort of agreement with North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme.
Our side says that NK has agreed to shut down its main reactor and eventually dismantle its nuclear weapons programme. North Korea, on the other hand, says the agreement only mandates a temporary suspension of its facilities. The New York Times reports there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical:
"Making sure North Korea declares all its nuclear facilities and shuts them down is likely to prove difficult, nuclear experts have said.
"The country has sidestepped previous agreements, allegedly running a uranium-based weapons program even as it froze a plutonium-based one -- sparking the latest nuclear crisis in late 2002. There are believed to be countless mountainside tunnels in which to hide projects."
The core of the agreement would see up to a million tons of oil given to North Korea if it meets all of its committments. The problem is that North Korea's promises of compliance are no stronger than the word of its dictator, Kim Jung Il, and everyone has seen what that's worth.
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