South Korea suspects North has more uranium sites

2010-12-14T02:30:15Z

SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday it suspects the North has been secretly enriching uranium at more locations besides its main nuclear site -- which could mean it has more material for building nuclear bombs.

South

North Korea operating 3-4 more uranium sites: report

2010-12-13T18:00:16Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has been secretly enriching uranium that could be used to build nuclear weapons at three or four undisclosed locations, a South Korean intelligence official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

The facilities are in addition to the one at the North's main nuclear site in ...

N.Korea restoring nuclear facilities

2010-10-04T21:15:16Z

North Korea is restoring facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the source of weapons-grade plutonium in the past, South Korea's defence ministry said Tuesday.

"North Korea is restoring nuclear facilities and continuing maintenance activities at Yongbyon," a spokesman quoted Defe...

North Korea says has made more arms-grade plutonium

2010-06-25T16:19:30Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce atomic arms.

The announcement comes after the reclusive North...

NKorea completes nuclear fuel reprocessing: KCNA

2010-04-16T09:26:47Z

North Korea has completed reprocessing spent fuel rods to make more fuel for nuclear weapons, official media said Tuesday.

The country had "successfully completed reprocessing spent fuel rods by the end of August" at its Yongbyon complex, the North's Korean Central News Agency said.

In early S...

NKorea blasts US over 'bunker-buster' bombs

2010-04-16T09:37:26Z

North Korea Tuesday accused the United States of stepping up production and deployment of "bunker-buster" bombs targeting its nuclear sites.

The United States is deploying the bombs "to attack underground military targets and nuclear facilities" in the North, the ruling communist party newspaper Rodong Sinmun said ...

Korea: A House Divided

2010-10-26T21:33:16Z

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US: US experts asked by NKorea to leave country

2010-06-25T17:40:43Z

US: NKorea has asked US nuclear experts to leave country, heightening tensions

UN inspectors prepare to leave NKorea: diplomat

2010-06-25T17:40:34Z

UN inspectors Wednesday removed seals at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility a day after Pyongyang vowed to restart its nuclear weapons programme in response to UN censure of its rocket launch.

The inspectors have also switched off surveillance equipment at the site and...

US: North Korea asks US nuclear experts to leave

2010-06-25T17:40:43Z

US: North Korea has asked US experts helping to disable nuclear plant to leave country

The United States said Wednesday that American experts working at North Korea's main nuclear plant have been asked to leave the country, further heightening tension following the North's launch of a rocket earlier this month over U.S. ally North Korea on Wednesday hailed its rocket launch as a historic victory, a day after vowing to restart its nuclear weapons programme in response to UN censure of the exercise.

The communist North has ordered UN atomic inspectors to leave the Yongbyon complex, which produced weapons-grade plutonium until it w...

NKorea to restart nuke programme

2010-06-25T17:40:50Z

An unrepentant North Korea Wednesday hailed its rocket launch as a historic victory, a day after vowing to restart its nuclear weapons programme in response to UN censure of the exercise.

The communist North has ordered UN atomic inspectors to leave the Yongbyon complex, which produced weapons-grade plutonium until it was ...

NKorea to expel UN nuclear inspectors

2010-06-25T17:40:53Z

North Korea has ordered UN inspectors to leave the country, apparently following through on a decision to restart its nuclear weapons programme despite US criticism of "provocative threats".

The communist nation announced Tuesday it would never take part again in six-nation nuclear disarmament talks and would restore the plants at North Korea is operating a secret underground plant to make nuclear bombs from highly enriched uranium (HEU) despite denying that such a programme exists, a South Korean newspaper said Wednesday.

Dong-A Ilbo, quoting an unnamed senior government source, said South Korea and the North Korea warns it might slow nuclear dismantling work if aid delivery delayed

North Korea's envoy to nuclear talks warned Saturday that Pyongyang will slow work on dismantling its nuclear program if energy aid by Washington and others is delayed.

Four days of disarmament talks ended in a stal...

US accuses North Korea of violating nuclear accord

2010-10-13T14:01:00Z

The United States accused North Korea Tuesday of violating a six-nation nuclear accord and retained it on a terror blacklist, after the hardline communist state defiantly suspended disabling its atomic plants.

Washington said North Korea would stay on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list until it agreed to a protocol that could verify a nuclear program declared by

US accuses NKorea of violating six-nation nuclear accord

2010-06-25T17:33:25Z

The United States accused North Korea Tuesday of violating a six-nation nuclear accord and maintained it on a terror blacklist, after the hardline communist state defiantly stopped disabling its atomic plants.

Washington said North Korea would stay on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list until it agreed to a protocol that could verify a nuclear program declared by

NKorea says has halted denuclearisation in row with US

2010-06-25T17:33:34Z

North Korea said Tuesday that it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring the Yongbyon complex as it accused the United States of violating a six-nation disarmament deal.

The hardline communist state said that because the United States had failed to remove it from a terrorism blacklist, work to ma...

North Korea bars nuclear inspectors from Yongbyon: watchdog

2010-06-25T17:34:32Z

North Korea has kicked out inspectors at its reprocessing plant in Yongbyon and plans to reintroduce nuclear material there, the UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday, adding its surveillance equipment had also been removed.

In a sign that the country was increasingly taking a tough line toward six-party nuclear disarmament ta...

US: NKorea steps up disabling of nuclear reactor

2010-06-25T17:56:34Z

US says North Korea has stepped up disabling of its nuclear reactor

The United States said Friday that North Korea has stepped up its disabling of a nuclear reactor it had been threatening to reactivate, a sign of progress in six-nation nuclear disarmament talks that had been on the verge of collapse.

State Department spokesman South Korean chief nuclear envoy urges North Korea to live up to disarmament pledge

South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator urged North Korea on Wednesday to stick to its pledge to give up its atomic ambitions, as Pyongyang resumed a stalled disarmament process following a breakthrough deal with the

NKorea grants UN nuclear watchdog access to Yongbyon: IAEA

2010-04-16T16:40:00Z

North Korea has granted the UN atomic watchdog access to its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon after having barred agency inspectors last week, the IAEA said Monday, following a deal between Washington and Pyongyang.

North Korea to give UN monitors access to nuclear facilities

2010-04-16T16:40:15Z

North Korea said today it would allow UN monitors renewed access to its nuclear facilities after the US removed the country from the list of states that sponsor terrorism, according to diplomats.

Inspectors from the North Korea said yesterday it would resume dismantling its nuclear weapons programme, hours after the US removed it from the list of states that sponsor terrorism.

In a sudden change of course that has raised hopes that it will abandon its nuclear ambitions, North ...

US removes NKorea from terror blacklist

2010-06-25T17:58:09Z

The United States said on Saturday that it is striking North Korea from a terrorism blacklist as Washington worked furiously to salvage a historic nuclear disarmament deal.

The State Department will announce at 11 a.m. (1500 GMT)...

US close to taking NKorea off terror list: reports

2010-06-25T17:13:04Z

The United States is close to removing North Korea from its terrorism blacklist in the hope of saving a crumbling nuclear disarmament deal, according to reports from several countries Friday.

They said Washington, which sent its chief negotiator Christ...

North Korea preparing to restart atomic facility

2010-06-25T17:13:23Z

North Korea says it's preparing to restart facility that produced its nuclear weapon

North Korea moved closer Thursday to relaunching its nuclear arms program, announcing that it wants to reactivate the facility that produced its atomic bomb and banning U.N. inspectors from the site.

The U.S.<...

North Korea prepares to restart nuclear facility

2010-04-16T13:01:14Z

North Korea says it is preparing to restart the facility that produced its atomic bomb

North Korea announced Thursday that it is preparing to restart the facility that produced its atomic bomb, clearly indicating that it plans to completely pull out of an international deal to end its nuclear program.

North Korea told the UN atomic watchdog's inspectors at North Korea's facilities at Yongbyon are barred from the site's nuclear installations, the agency announced Thursday.

"The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has today informed IAEA inspectors that, effective immediately, access to facilities at Yongbyon would no longer be p...

NKorea continuing moves to restart nuclear program: US

2010-04-16T13:06:54Z

North Korea has not stopped taking steps to restart its nuclear weapons program, the United States said Friday, despite the US sending a top diplomat to the country to rescue a crumbling nuclear disarmament pact.

Based on information received as late as Thursday, "North Koreans continue to take some steps to reverse disablement in some of the North Korea has moved a step closer to restarting its nuclear programme after removing a UN watchdog's seals from its Yongbyon reactor.

Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the North Korea moves to reactivate nuclear plant; orders UN inspectors to remove seals and go

North Korea moved closer to restarting its nuclear arms program Wednesday, barring U.N. inspectors from its main plutonium reprocessing plant and announcing it will reactivate the facility that provided the material for its atomic test blast.

The move fed f...

NKorea orders UN nuclear inspectors from plant

2010-06-25T17:15:52Z

NKorea moves to reactivate nuclear plant, orders UN inspectors from reactor

North Korea barred U.N. nuclear inspectors from its main plutonium reprocessing plant Wednesday and within a week plans to reactivate the facility that once provided the fissile material for its atomic test explosion, a senior U.N. nuclear inspector said.

The North ordere...

North Korea to restart key reprocessing plant: watchdog

2010-06-25T17:16:11Z

North Korea is preparing to restart a nuclear reprocessing plant used to make weapons-grade material as a crucial six-party disarmament-for-aid deal founders, the UN atomic watchdog said.

Amid growing differences over its denuclearisation pact with South Korea, the

North Korea must come back into nuclear compliance: US

2010-04-16T13:17:28Z

The United States called on North Korea Wednesday to "reconsider" steps to curb cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog agency, warning that they only further isolated the secretive regime.

"We strongly urge the North to reconsider these steps and come back immediately into compliance with its obligations as out...

North Korea kicks out nuclear inspectors from Yongbyon: watchdog

2010-06-25T17:16:33Z

North Korea has kicked out inspectors and plans to reintroduce nuclear material at its Yongbyon plant next week, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday, adding that IAEA seals and cameras were also removed.

In a sign that the country was increasingly taking a tough lin...

North Korea wants seals removed at nuclear plant: IAEA

2010-06-25T17:16:38Z

North Korea asked the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday to remove seals and surveillance equipment from a key nuclear facility, the UN nuclear watchdog said Monday, amid a deadlock over a disarmament deal.

The request came three days after North Korea confirmed...

IAEA turns up heat on Iran over alleged nuclear weapons work

2010-04-16T13:18:59Z

The UN atomic watchdog pressed Iran Monday to disprove allegations of past nuclear weapons work, saying Tehran should not be concerned about divulging sensitive information because its confidential.

Iran cannot simply dismiss all the charges as "fabricated," the head of the Christopher Hill arrived in Beijing Friday for talks with his Asian counterparts, an official said, in an effort to determine whether North Korea had begun rebuilding its atomic plant.

North Korea last week announced that it had stopped disabling its Yongbyon

US urges NKorea to accept nuclear verification

2010-04-16T13:29:54Z

US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill called on North Korea Friday to accept the inspection and verification of its nuclear facilities as part of ongoing six-nation disarmament talks.

Upon arrival to Beijing, Hill met nuclear envoys from Japan and US Says North Korea Is Cooperating on Disabling Nuclear Facilities

North Korea is cooperating with U.S. experts to disable its nuclear weapons-making facilities, a U.S. diplomat said Tuesday after a trip to the communist nation to oversee the start of the work this week.

Sung Kim, the North Korea Agrees to Provide 'Complete and Correct Declaration' of Its Nuclear Programs

North Korea will provide a complete list of its nuclear programs and disable its facilities at its main reactor complex by Dec. 31, actions that will be overseen by a U.S.-led team, the six nations involved in disarmament talks said Wednesday.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister W...

U.S. calls Korea nuclear talks positive

2010-09-09T21:14:26Z

Official Says U.S. Nuclear Experts' Talks With North Korea Positive After Atomic Survey

Recent talks between a U.S.-led team of nuclear experts and North Korea were "businesslike" and "positive," an official said Saturday, raising hopes for a deal soon on how to disable the North's nuclear facilities.

Lim Sung-nam, South Korea's No. 2 nuclear negotiato...

U.S. nuclear team ends survey in NKorea

2010-09-09T21:10:28Z

Official Calls U.S. Nuclear Experts' Talks With North Korea Positive After Atomic Survey

Lim Sung-nam, South Korea's No. 2 nuclear negotiat...

UN nuclear team arrives in North Korea

2010-09-09T11:23:54Z

2nd UN Nuclear Watchdog Team Arrives in North Korea to Monitor Reactor Shutdown

A second team of U.N. nuclear experts arrived in North Korea on Saturday to monitor the shutdown and sealing of the country's sole plutonium-producing reactor.

The six experts from the 2nd IAEA Team Heading to North Korea to Monitor Shutdown of Reactor

A second team of U.N. nuclear experts left for North Korea on Thursday to monitor the shutdown and sealing of the country's sole operating reactor.

The six-member International Atomic ...

U.S.: N. Korea claims reactor shut down

2010-09-09T08:49:20Z

North Korea Tells U.S. Its Nuclear Reactor Has Shut Down, Hours After Oil Aid Arrives

North Korea told the United States it shut down its nuclear reactor, the State Department said Saturday, hours after a ship cruised into port loaded with oil promised in return for the count...

IAEA meets to decide on return of UN inspectors to North Korea

2010-09-09T07:58:04Z

The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors gathered for a special session Monday expected to approve the return of inspectors to North Korea.

On Sunday, diplomats said U.N. inspectors plan to return to North Korea in about a week to help the communist nation dismantle its nuclear program and re-establish a presence that ended when they were expelled five years ago. ...

Report: NKorea nuclear talks to resume

2010-09-09T07:51:31Z

Report: 6-Nation Talks on North Korea's Nuclear Program to Open July 18

International talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament will resume in Beijing next week, a report said Tuesday, as the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog prepared to return to the North to oversee the promised shutdown of its main reactor.

IAEA team to visit North Korea next week

2010-09-09T07:37:17Z

U.N.'s Nuclear Watchdog Says Team to Visit North Korea Next Week

The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says a team is scheduled to visit Pyongyang, North Korea next week.

In a statement, the International Atomic ...

Envoys: Inspectors plan N. Korea return

2010-09-09T07:07:09Z

Diplomats: U.N. Nuclear Inspectors Plan Return to North Korea to Re-Establish Presence

U.N. inspectors plan to return to North Korea in about a week to help the communist nation dismantle its nuclear program and re-establish a presence that ended when they were expelled five years ago, diplomats said Sunday.

The diplomats, speaking on the eve of ...

North Korea said to cooperate with IAEA

2010-09-09T06:21:55Z

Report Says North Korea to Cooperate With IAEA in Shutting Down Country's Nuclear Facilities

North Korea is prepared to cooperate with the U.N. agency overseeing the shutdown of the country's nuclear program, according to a report made available Tuesday to The Associated Press.

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IAEA official heads to North Korea

2010-09-09T04:15:36Z

IAEA Official Flies to North Korea for Discussions on Shutdown of Yongbyon Nuclear Reactor

A senior official from the U.N. nuclear watchdog left for North Korea on Sunday to discuss how the agency's inspectors would monitor and verify the shutdown of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor.

Yongbyon nuclear complex in Yongbyon, North Korea in an image taken Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010, in which the Washington-based Yongbyon, North Korea, Tuesday May 26, 2009. The Chosun Ilbo newspaper said Wednesday May 27, 2009 U.S. spy satellites detected signs of steam at the North's Yongbyon nuclear complex, an indication ...

NKOREA NUCLEAR

2010-06-25T19:15:37Z

Map of North Korea locates Yongbyon and missile-launch sites and Monday’s underground nuclear detonation1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm;

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North Korea Koreas Nuclear

2010-06-25T19:18:02Z

File - In this June 27, 2008 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex, the most visible symbol of North's nuclear weapons program, is seen demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea, in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium...

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