Analysis: North Korea nuclear deal falling apart (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 09/19/2008 - 9:51pm

North Korea's Deputy Director-General for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hyun Hak Bong, second from left, is escorted by South Korean officials, left and right, as he crosses the border line to attend meeting to work out details on further energy assistance to North Korea under a six-nation nuclear deal, at the border village of the Panmunjom, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008.<br /><br />Hyun said North Korea is undertaking 'thorough preparations' to restart its nuclear reactor in Yongbyon.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. Pool)AP - A rare foreign policy success for the Bush administration is imploding as North Korea backs away from pledges to abandon nuclear weapons, pretty much as the president's critics on the right had warned.




 

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