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North Korea Threatens To Restart Nuclear Reactor

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 20, 2008

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea escalated its renewed confrontation with the United States on Friday, saying it is moving to restore a nuclear reactor and warning it "will go its own way" because Washington refuses to remove it from the U.S. terror blacklist.

The announcement was the communist regime's first confirmation that it has started undoing the dismantlement of its nuclear program begun last November under an atomic disarmament deal that promised energy aid to the impoverished nation.
Pyongyang said the U.S. refusal to remove North Korea from a list of states that sponsor terrorism violated the agreement by the United States, the two Koreas, China, Japan and Russia.

Its threat came amid reports that leader Kim Jong Il suffered a stroke.

Analysts noted, however, that Pyongyang has a history of taking a hard line in negotiations to press for further concessions. They said the North didn't appear to be seeking to scuttle six-nation talks because its envoys went ahead with a meeting with South Korean diplomats Friday.

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