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Press Release 2009/04
IAEA Inspectors Depart DPRK
16 April 2009 | IAEA inspectors at the Democratic People´s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Yongbyon nuclear facilities, on 15 April, removed all IAEA seals and switched off surveillance cameras. This follows the DPRK informing the inspectors, on 14 April, that it had decided to cease all cooperation with the IAEA, requested removal of containment and surveillance equipment and required the inspectors to leave the DPRK at the earliest possible time.
The IAEA inspectors departed the DPRK on 16 April.
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