North Korea Halts Nuke Program Dismantling
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BEIJING — Less than two months after North Korea blew up the cooling tower of its main nuclear plant in a televised spectacle, the government yesterday announced it had suspended the dismantling of its nuclear program.
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said it was responding to American delays in removing it from a list of “terror-sponsoring” states. The ministry said the suspension began August 14 and that the regime would next consider restoring some of what had been dismantled already at the main nuclear compound in Yongbyon.
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