Monday, November 2, 2009

North Korea Prepares Its Nuclear Processing Plants


North Korean Plutonium Reprocessing Plant Said Readied for Operations -- Global Security Newswire


A plant that helped to provide North Korea with weapon-grade plutonium appears to have been returned to operational status, Kyodo News reported today (see GSN, Oct. 30).

Pyongyang closed the facility at its Yongbyon nuclear complex under the terms of a denuclearization deal struck with China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States. Ultimately, it was to have been disabled and then dismantled.

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More News On North Korea

N. Korea pushes for meeting with U.S. -- CBC
North Korea warns US: negotiate or else -- Christian Science Monitor
N.Korea presses US for talks on nuclear stand-off -- AFP
North Korea Presses U.S. to Agree to Bilateral Talks -- New York Times
China softens North Korea nuclear stand -- The Age
FACTBOX: A look at North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions -- Reuters
ANALYSIS - N.Korea's broken economy the key to nuclear talks -- Reuters

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