U.S. TECHNICIANS TO BEGIN DISABLING N. KOREAN NUKE REACTOR BEGINNING MONDAY

George Bush has accomplished what Bill Clinton could not (and neither the BBC, nor CNN give him credit for it):

Sung Kim is leading the team of experts in Pyongyang. A team of US technicians is due to begin disabling North Korea's nuclear complex on Monday with Pyongyang's permission, a top US envoy has said.

The technicians have left Pyongyang and are due to arrive at the main nuclear site, Yongbyon, on Sunday, according to Christopher Hill.

Pyongyang agreed to disabling in return for aid and security guarantees.

It shut down its reactor at Yongbyon in July and is to give details of its programme by the end of the year.

Speaking in Tokyo, Mr Hill said the US experts would start disabling the reactor, North Korea's only functioning one, and two other facilities on Monday.

"It's a very big day because it's the first time it [North Korea] is actually going to start dismantling its nuclear programme," he added.