North Korea Threatens To Expand Its Nuclear Arsenal Unless Its demands Are ot MetN
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il KCNA / Reuters
North Korea says it has manufactured more material useable in nuclear weapons. The announcement is widely seen as a tactic to pressure the United States into bilateral talks, and comes a little more than a week before President Obama arrives in Asia.
Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency announced Tuesday the country has completed reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods, and has made substantial progress in turning plutonium into fuel for nuclear bombs.
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North Korea Completes Steps to Produce Fuel for Nuclear Explosives — Wall Street Journal
N. Korea Says It Has More Bomb-Grade Plutonium — New York Times
N Korea hails nuclear weapons progress — Financial Times
North Korea says it possesses weapons-grade plutonium — The Guardian
NKorea raises threat to get US into direct talks — AP
N Korea Threatens to Expand Nuclear Arsenal — Time Magazine
North demands a U.S. meeting about arms deal — Joong Ang Daily
In North Korea, Military Now Issues Economic Orders — Washington Post
China won’t pressure North Korea: think-tank – AFP
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