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View Single PostPosted: Fri, Jun 27 2008, 4:19 PM Post subject: NKorea set to blow up nuke plant on TV
Secretive North Korea was preparing a global TV spectacular Friday to dramatise its commitment to scrapping nuclear weapons, as world powers gave a wary welcome to its disclosure of some atomic secrets.
The communist state was set to blow up the cooling tower at the plutonium-producing Yongbyon complex — the most visible symbol of a decades-old pursuit of nuclear bombs.
The explosion at an undisclosed time will be symbolic since the Yonbyon reactor has already been shut down under a six-nation disarmament pact.
But it follows the North’s handover Thursday evening of a long-awaited nuclear declaration, a move expected to end the stalemate in six party negotiations.
US President George W. Bush welcomed the declaration as an “important step” but only the start of the process.
“We will trust you only to the extent that you fulfil your promises,” he told the country he once branded as part of an “axis of evil.”
Bush announced he was partly lifting some Trading With The Enemy Act sanctions. He notified Congress he was removing North Korea from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, effective after a 45-day review period.
These measures are also largely symbolic since a battery of other sanctions against the North remain in force — including UN sanctions imposed after the country’s October 2006 nuclear test.
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