North Korea has restored United Nations monitors' access to the Yongbyon nuclear site, including the plutonium reprocessing plant, diplomats say.
The decision comes a day after Pyongyang pledged to resume work to disable the plant.
On Saturday the country was taken off the United States' list of countries sponsoring terrorism.
There was no immediate comment from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the monitors' status.
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On Saturday the US state department said North Korea had agreed to allow nuclear experts to take samples and conduct forensic tests at all its declared nuclear facilities and undeclared sites.
The North would also allow inspectors to verify its denials about transfers of nuclear technology and an alleged uranium programme, it said.
But Reuters news agency quoted a diplomat as saying the first job of the inspectors would be to reassess the status of the nuclear facilities since recent steps taken to reactivate them.
(BBC)
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