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North Korea preparing to restart nuclear reactor
North Korea said on Friday it would restart its atomic reactor, accusing the United States of breaking a nuclear pact.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:29 September 19, 2008
Panmunjom: North Korea said on Friday it would restart its atomic reactor.
"We are making thorough preparations to restore [nuclear facilities]," said foreign ministry official Hyon Hak-Bong.
"You may say we have already started work to restore them to their original status," he told reporters.
Hyon said that the United States has broken a nuclear disarmament deal by failing to drop the terrorism designation for North Korea.
Washington said the North must first accept strict outside verification of a nuclear inventory which Pyongyang handed over in June.
Hyon said such demands for what he called "forceful inspections" are not part of the six-party deal.
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