SKorea completes oil shipment to NKorea for nuclear reactor shutdown

SEOUL (AP) - South Korea sent the last in a series of oil shipments to North Korea on Sunday, completing an economic reward for Pyongyang to shut down its sole operating nuclear reactor under an international accord.

The 22,600 tons of heavy fuel oil is the fifth batch that rounds out the promised supply of 50,000 tons to the energy-starved North in exchange for closing its Yongbyon reactor under a February disarmament-for-aid deal.

The last shipment left the port of Ulsan in southeastern South Korea at around 1 a.m. (1600 GMT Saturday) and is expected to arrive at the port of Sonbong in North Korea's northeast on Monday, a South Korean official said on customary condition of anonymity citing protocols.