S. Korea, U.S. Leave Reactor Project Site
From Times Wire Reports
South Korea and the United States withdrew their last remaining staff from the construction site of two nuclear power reactors in North Korea, ending a decade-old project amid rekindled tension over the North’s nuclear ambitions.
The reactor project in the northeastern town of Sinpo was a reward to the North, along with free fuel oil supplies, for agreeing to freeze and ultimately dismantle its nuclear program under a 1994 deal with the U.S.
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