THOSE WHACKY N. KOREANS ARE AT IT AGAIN A man watches a news report at a railway station in Seoul on September 15 on the confirmation from North Korea that the nuclear reactor seen as the country’s main source of weapons-grade plutonium had resumed normal operations, raising a further red flag amid growing signs the North may be considering a long-range rocket launch next month in violation of UN resolutions. North Korea mothballed the Yongbyon reactor in 2007 under an aid-for-disarmament accord, but began renovating it after its last nuclear test in 2013. AFP PHOTO
THOSE WHACKY N. KOREANS
ARE AT IT AGAIN A man watches a news report at a railway station in Seoul on September 15 on the confirmation from North Korea that the nuclear reactor seen as the country’s main source of weapons-grade plutonium had resumed normal operations, raising a further red flag amid growing signs the North may be considering a long-range rocket launch next month in violation of UN resolutions. North Korea mothballed the Yongbyon reactor in 2007 under an aid-for-disarmament accord, but began renovating it after its last nuclear test in 2013. AFP PHOTO

SEOUL: North Korea could be separating isotopes used to manufacture sophisticated and more powerful nuclear bombs, US experts warned Wednesday, after Pyongyang announced its main atomic weapons complex was fully operational.

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