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North Korea Reassembling Nuclear Facility
James Joyner | September 03, 2008Several news agencies report that North Korea began reassembling its Yongbyon nuclear weapons facility on Monday. Observers view this largely as a "symbolic gesture," given that the facility is largely dismantled, but "the United States is taking the developments seriously."
Reuters cites Japan's Kyodo, which in turn relies on "sources in Beijing close to six-party nuclear talks." Fox News cites unnamed "U.S. officials" who believe the DPRK is deliberately violating their recent agreement to protest U.S. delays in removing North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. "They've been threatening this move for some time," one U.S. official told Fox, adding that until now the threats were seen as merely a way for North Korean officials "to express their anger."
