Topic: Yongbyon
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
NKorea has asked US nuclear experts to leave country, heightening tensionsThe 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 firing of a rocket ...
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 ...
North Korea has asked US experts helping to disable nuclear plant to leave countryThe 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 ...
An unrepentant 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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