North Korea says has made more arms-grade plutonium

2010-02-24T10:59:16Z

<div><p>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.</p><p...

NKorea completes nuclear fuel reprocessing: KCNA

2010-02-24T10:46:42Z

<div><p>North Korea has completed reprocessing spent fuel rods to make more fuel for nuclear weapons, official media said Tuesday.</p><p>The country had "successfully completed reprocessing spent fuel rods by the end of August" at its Yongbyon complex, the North's 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.</p><p...

NKorea blasts US over 'bunker-buster' bombs

2010-02-24T14:03:55Z

<div><p>North Korea Tuesday accused the United States of stepping up production and deployment of "bunker-buster" bombs targeting its nuclear sites.</p><p>The United States is deploying the bombs "to attack underground military targets and nuclear facilities" in the North, the ruling communist party newspaper North Korea has an estimated 3,000 workers at 20 sites related to its nuclear weapons programme, a South Korean legislator said on Thursday.</p><p>Some 200 scientists and key researchers are among the total staff, lawmaker Lee Mi-Kyung quoted a unification ministry report as saying.</p><p>Eleven o...

A look at North Korea's nuclear program

2010-02-26T21:43:12Z

<div id="subtitle">A look at North Korea's nuclear program</div><div><p>A look at North Korea's nuclear program:</p><p>REACTORS: North Korea's only functioning reactor was a 5-megawatt facility at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon, 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of the capital, North Korea Friday threatened fresh steps to defend itself if world powers impose sanctions for its nuclear test, but the United States said it had enough troops in South Korea to protect its ally.</p><p>Tensions have been running high since

Yongbyon, North Korea

2009-05-28T18:23:21Z

This is a satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows the nuclear complex at 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

2009-05-28T10:23:54Z

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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NKorea hails nuclear test as UN weighs response

2010-02-27T05:23:53Z

<div><p> North Korea held a mass rally to celebrate its nuclear test and reportedly restarted a plutonium-producing plant, as world powers pondered how to punish the communist state for its defiance.</p><p>Unfazed by international anger at its second bomb test, Pyongyang has also test-fired six short-range missiles and reportedly intensif...

North Korea Koreas Nuclear

2009-05-24T22:00:48Z

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...

US: NKorea steps up disabling of nuclear reactor

2010-02-28T00:34:31Z

<div id="subtitle">US says North Korea has stepped up disabling of its nuclear reactor</div><div><p>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 collaps...

SKorean envoy urges NKorea to stick to disarmament

2010-02-28T01:54:37Z

<div id="subtitle">South Korean chief nuclear envoy urges North Korea to live up to disarmament pledge</div><div><p>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 p...

NKorea grants UN nuclear watchdog access to Yongbyon: IAEA

2010-02-28T02:48:09Z

<div><p>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 North Korea</a> 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.</p&gt...

North Korea in nuclear U-turn after terror list reprieve

2010-02-28T02:52:57Z

<div><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/korea">North Korea</a> said yesterday it would resume dismantling its nuclear weapons programme, hours after the US removed it from the list of states that sponsor terrorism.</p><p>In a sudden change of course that has raised hopes that it will abandon it...

NKorea vows to disable nuclear plants after deal with US

2010-02-28T03:03:23Z

<div><p>North Korea said on Sunday that it would resume work to disable plutonium-producing nuclear plants and readmit UN inspectors after the United States removed it from a terrorism blacklist.</p><p>South Korea said...

US strikes NKorea from terror blacklist

2010-02-28T03:29:14Z

<div><p>The United States removed North Korea from a terrorism blacklist on Saturday as Washington said it got everything it wanted in a nuclear disarmament deal.</p><p>"The secretary of state has rescinded the designation of North Korea as a state terror sponsor," said...

US removes NKorea from terror blacklist

2010-02-28T03:29:26Z

<div><p>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.</p><p>The Sta...

US to remove NKorea from terror blacklist

2010-02-28T03:38:12Z

<div><p>The US government will announce on Saturday it is removing North Korea from a terrorism blacklist following an agreement with Pyongyang on steps to verify its nuclear disarmament, a US official said.</p><p>"We've agreed to a series of verification measures, and flowing from that we can now remove North Korea from the list of state...

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