Despite Declaration, Hard Work Remains in North Korea Talks

Despite Declaration, Hard Work Remains in North Korea Talks

SEOUL, South Korea -- The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program are expected to resume this month after a six-month deadlock. But Washington says many questions remain unanswered regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

Last week, North Korea handed over a long-awaited declaration of its nuclear activities dating back to the mid 1980s and also demolished the cooling tower of the disabled Yongbyon nuclear reactor. The disclosure was originally supposed to be submitted by the end of last year.

The documentation, which was handed over to the Chinese Foreign Ministry by Pyongyang's ambassador in Beijing, revealed details of the regime's plutonium-based program, but did not account for any weapons that may have already been produced.

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