International

U.S. Inspectors Return to North Korea

By Mike Shuster, Madeleine Brand

Published September 12, 2007 at 10:00 AM PDT

North Korea has agreed to provide a full inventory of its nuclear program. Now, experts from the U.S., Russia and China are in North Korea assessing ways to disable nuclear facilities there. It's the first time the American inspectors have been in North Korea in seven years. The work of the international team of nuclear specialists will have implications on diplomatic maneuvers with North Korea.

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Mike Shuster

Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.

Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).