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"N.Korea May Carry Out Nuclear Test by June-Kyodo(preparation since March,plutonium device)"
Kyodo News ^ | 04/30/05
Posted on 04/29/2005 11:11:00 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
"N.Korea May Carry Out Nuclear Test by June - Kyodo"
Fri Apr 29,10:13 PM ET
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States has warned the International Atomic Energy Agency that North Korea has been preparing to carry out an underground nuclear test since March and could go ahead as early as June, Kyodo news agency said on Saturday.
The report, which quoted diplomatic sources in Vienna, came a day after the chief U.S. negotiator to stalled talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions said Washington believed North Korea might be trying to harvest material for a nuclear bomb from a shut-down reactor.
According to the sources, who said the information was obtained by satellite photos and from within North Korea, Pyongyang was preparing to test a small-scale plutonium device.
The United States had called on China to urge North Korea to halt its preparations, but there were no signs that Beijing had done so, the sources said.
Japanese officials were unavailable for comment."
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