Ecerpt from the Korea Times
Jung Sung-ki
2/5/2008
The U.S. government is preparing to ship a second batch of 54,000 tons of fuel to North Korea this month, a U.S.-funded radio station reported Tuesday.
Radio Free Asia (RFA) said the U.S. State Department was scheduled to report the shipment plan to Congress in the coming days.
Under a multinational nuclear deal reached in February last year, South Korea, the United States, China and Russia promised to provide 50,000 tons of oil in turn to the poverty-stricken North. Washington sent the first batch of 46,000 tons of fuel to the North last October, while other nations have fulfilled their pledges.
Japan, another participant at the six-party talks, refused to participate in the aid plan due to a dispute with the North over Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korean agents in the past.
