North Korea agrees to give up nukes

By Gerard Young

It's been almost three years since a crisis erupted over North Korea's nuclear ambitions but Monday Pyongyang finally agreed to give up its nuclear weapons programs and return to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The question now is whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is serious or stalling for time. North Korea can be unpredictable at best, while at worst it is known for breaking commitments.

"All six parties emphasized that to realize the inspectable non-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is the target of the six-party talks," a joint statement said. "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea promised to drop all nuclear weapons and current nuclear programs and to get back to the nonproliferation

treaty as soon as possible and to accept inspections from the International Atomic Energy Agency.''

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