11.   Recently, however, Seoul lifted a half-century trade embargo after the North agreed to freeze its suspect nuclear program under a deal signed with Washington.

12.   Talks on stopping North Korea from reviving its suspect nuclear program will continue despite the latest breakdown in negotiations, a South Korean official said Friday.

13.   The accord calls for North Korea to freeze and eventually dismantle its suspect nuclear program in exchange for two safer reactors that produce far less weapons-grade plutonium.

14.   The North is negotiating with the West to receive two modern nuclear reactors in exchange for freezing its suspect nuclear program.

15.   He cited in particular US-Japanese cooperation in convincing North Korea to change its suspect nuclear program.

16.   But Gallucci sounded a note of optimism that North Korea would not carry out its threats to abandon negotiations and restart its suspect nuclear program.

17.   But last week, Pyongyang announced it was going ahead with its part of the deal -- freezing its suspect nuclear program.

18.   The shipment is the first under the landmark nuclear deal reached by Washington and Pyongyang last October, under which North Korea shut down its suspect nuclear program.

19.   The two-day meeting came one year after North Korea closed down its suspect nuclear program in keeping with an accord with Washington.

20.   The two-day meeting came one year after North Korea closed down its suspect nuclear program, in keeping with an accord with Washington.