North Korea said yesterday it would restart a shuttered plutonium reactor and increase production of enriched uranium, a move that further increases tension on the Korean peninsula and raises the pressure on the US and South Korea to resume talks with Pyongyang.
The announcement follows two weeks of fiery rhetoric and threats from North Korea’s new, young leader Kim Jong-eun which have left Washington trying to weave between demonstrating continued strong military deterrence and playing down the risks of further escalation.
Pyongyang said it would rebuild a 5MW nuclear reactor at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex that generated plutonium from spent fuel rods until it was shut down under a 2007 disarmament agreement.
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