Ready, willing and able — but in the dark. That describes the state of inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency as they scramble to find ways to enforce a deal committing North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.The agreement reached Tuesday between the North and five negotiating partners reserves a key role for experts from the Vienna-based U.N. nuclear monitoring agency, who are also the world's eyes on Iran's atomic activities.
It commits North Korea to "invite back IAEA personnel to conduct all necessary monitoring and verification" involved in a commitment by Pyongyang to mothball and later dismantle its plutonium-producing nuclear facilities.