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Published 11/04/2009 by China Post

North Korea says it has produced more plutonium

SEOUL -- North Korea announced Tuesday it has produced more plutonium for its atomic weapons program, putting further pressure on the United States to start direct talks.

The communist country “successfully completed reprocessing 8,000 spent fuel rods by the end of August” at...

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