Tensions high in North Korea row

Dantheman62 · 04-15-2009, 05:38 AM

South Korea set to curtail North arms trade,

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is expected to announce as early as Wednesday plans to curtail the North's suspected trade in weapons of mass destruction, further raising tensions with Pyongyang after the North vowed to quit nuclear disarmament talks.

North Korea said on Tuesday it would re-start a plant that makes bomb-grade plutonium in response to a U.N. rebuke over its launching of a long-range rocket 10 days ago.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said its inspectors have also been ordered to leave North Korea.

In a move bound to ratchet up tensions, South Korea is poised to reveal it will soon join U.S.-led interception of shipments suspected of carrying parts or equipment for weapons of mass destruction. Pyongyang has said such an action would be considered a declaration of war.

The plan, called the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and joined by 94 countries, would let South Korea stop and board North Korean ships sailing in its territorial waters when suspected of carrying arms or other illicit materials.

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04-15-2009, 05:38 AM	#2
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Tensions high in North Korea row South Korea set to curtail North arms trade, SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is expected to announce as early as Wednesday plans to curtail the North's suspected trade in weapons of mass destruction, further raising tensions with Pyongyang after the North vowed to quit nuclear disarmament talks. North Korea said on Tuesday it would re-start a plant that makes bomb-grade plutonium in response to a U.N. rebuke over its launching of a long-range rocket 10 days ago. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said its inspectors have also been ordered to leave North Korea. In a move bound to ratchet up tensions, South Korea is poised to reveal it will soon join U.S.-led interception of shipments suspected of carrying parts or equipment for weapons of mass destruction. Pyongyang has said such an action would be considered a declaration of war. The plan, called the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and joined by 94 countries, would let South Korea stop and board North Korean ships sailing in its territorial waters when suspected of carrying arms or other illicit materials. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090415/...us_korea_north