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Thursday December 27, 10:33 AMNorth Korea Again Denies Uranium Enrichment ProgramSEOUL, Dec 27 Asia Pulse - North Korea again denied running any uranium enrichment program (UEP) during a recent visit of the director of the Korea Desk at the U.S. State Department, diplomatic sources in Seoul said on December 23.Sung Kim traveled to Seoul after visiting North Korea from Dec. 19-21 to discuss the communist state's declaration of its nuclear programs. According to the sources, North Korean officials repeatedly denied the UEP-related suspicion raised by the U.S. government while meeting with Kim in Pyongyang. "North Korea remains unchanged in its denial of the existence of a UEP program. There have been few changes as far as the North's nuclear program declaration is concerned," said a source. The North has acknowledged that it imported 140 tons of high-strength aluminum tubes from Russia, but insisted that they had nothing to do with a UEP. The latest denial came after the U.S. confronted North Korea earlier this month over uranium traces detected in aluminum tube parts it obtained from Pyongyang. The North also denied having a UEP at that time. The North began disabling its sole operating nuclear reactor and two other plutonium-producing facilities at Yongbyon in November. But Pyongyang has yet to submit a list of its nuclear programs amid disputes over the long-suspected UEP, which led to the outbreak of the nuclear crisis five years ago. (Yonhap) |
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