Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (centre) shakes hands with NKorean vice Foreign Minister Kung Sok Ung. Photo AFPNKorea Says It Has Restarted Nuclear Facilities -- AP
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has restarted its nuclear facilities to harvest weapons-grade plutonium, an official said Saturday, just hours after the U.N. imposed new sanctions on the communist state for its recent rocket launch.
The move is a key step away from a 2007 disarmament deal — signed after a 2006 nuclear test — that called for North Korea to disable its nuclear facilities in exchange for much-needed energy aid and other concessions.
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