Tuesday, April 2, 2013

North Korea Announces That it Will Restart It's Nuclear Facilities

A DigitalGlobe Satellite image shows construction at the North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear complex on Nov. 2010. Reuters file

North Korea Says It Plans To Restart Shuttered Nuclear Reactor -- CNN

(CNN) -- After weeks of hurling threats at the United States and its allies, North Korea announced plans on Tuesday to restart a reactor at its main nuclear complex that it had agreed to shut down more than five years ago.

The declaration demonstrates Kim Jong Un's regime's commitment to its nuclear weapons program that the international community has persistently but unsuccessfully tried to get it to abandon.

The North's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that the reclusive state's atomic energy department intends to "readjust and restart all the nuclear facilities" at the Yongbyon nuclear complex.

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More News On North Korea's Announcement That It Will Restart It's Nuclear Reactor

North Korea Threatens to Restart Nuclear Reactor -- New York Times
North Korea says to restart nuclear reactor -- Reuters
North Korea vows to restart nuclear facilities -- CBC/AP
China says regrets North Korea reactor announcement -- Inquirer/AFP
North Korea to restart nuclear facilities -- Al Jazeera
North Korea Plans to Restart Shuttered Nuclear Reactor -- Bloomberg Businessweek
North Korea to restart shuttered nuclear reactor -- Washington Post
North Korea Says it Will Restart Nuclear Facilities -- ABC News
North Korea to restart Yongbyon nuclear reactor -- NBC

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