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KIM TAE YON made the statement just now in S. Korean Parliament (budget committee) that this is due to the just released information that North Korea has been building a light water nuclear reactor at amazing speed, details just released to the world and satellite photos also revealed.Minister of Defense of South Korea Kim stated that this is to put a halt to North Korean nuclear weapons ambition, and is now being considered, which will go back on South Korea's committment in 1991 under President Roh Tae Woo to never manufacturer, house or use nuclear weapons in South Korea.

North Korea has completed reprocessing of some 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods at its Yongbyong nuclear facility and weaponized the plutonium extracted from the material, the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday.

Japan, U.S. eye probe team Members of 6-way N. Korea talks plan N-inspection taskforce Japan and the United States are considering forming a multilateral nuclear inspection team to ensure that North Korea scraps its nuclear weapons program in its entirety, government sources said Saturday. Washington also intends to urge Pyongyang to accept thorough nuclear inspections by the envisaged team if North Korea agrees to end its nuclear arms program at planned six-party talks, according to Japanese and U.S. sources. The Japanese, U.S. and South Korean governments are seeking, first and foremost, to ensure Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program is scrapped...