SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. and South Korean authorities have found no concrete evidence yet that North Korea is reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods to harvest weapons-grade plutonium, Seoul’s Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday, citing an unnamed official.
North Korea said last month it had begun the reprocessing work at its once-mothballed Yongbyon nuclear complex — one of a series of steps the communist nation has taken in protest over international criticism of its April 5 rocket launch.
Pyongyang also has quit international nuclear talks, kicked out all international nuclear monitors and threatened to conduct its second nuclear atomic blast and a missile test.
The North conducted its first-ever nuclear test in 2006 and is believed to have enough plutonium for at least half a dozen atomic bombs.
Seoul’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young said the ministry does not comment on intelligence matters.
by the associated press
North Korea said last month it had begun the reprocessing work at its once-mothballed Yongbyon nuclear complex — one of a series of steps the communist nation has taken in protest over international criticism of its April 5 rocket launch.
Pyongyang also has quit international nuclear talks, kicked out all international nuclear monitors and threatened to conduct its second nuclear atomic blast and a missile test.
The North conducted its first-ever nuclear test in 2006 and is believed to have enough plutonium for at least half a dozen atomic bombs.
Seoul’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young said the ministry does not comment on intelligence matters.
by the associated press
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