Events: Detailed Yongbyon, the DPRK for the first time thousands of uranium enrichment centrifuge program is
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North Korea's official media, "Labor News" Nov. 30 published an editorial, the "peaceful use of nuclear energy", with thousands of centrifuge uranium enrichment plant is running. The same day, South Korean foreign minister, said Jinxing Huan, South Korea, Japan, United States foreign ministers to discuss North Korea's nuclear program, Yin Ping Island, shelling, and the head of China's six-party talks on the emergency consultations.
In a positive light-water reactor construction
Korean Central News Agency broadcast day, Labor Party organ "Labor News" editorial, entitled "Peaceful use of nuclear energy is the world trend of development."
"North Korea is actively building a light water reactor," the editorial said, "To protect the light-water reactor fuel supply, a city of thousands of centrifuge uranium enrichment plant is in operation modernization."
The editorial said that the peaceful development of nuclear energy is the inalienable right of developing countries. At present, some Western countries to implement unfair double standard default the wishes of the country meet its nuclear activities, to start nuclear cooperation with them, on the other hand do not meet the wishes of the country for its peaceful nuclear activities as "problem "pressure and sanctions against those countries.
The editorial said that North Korean light water reactor aimed at improving national nuclear power industry structure, development and utilization of nuclear energy in full compliance with the international trend, "To meet the growing demand for electricity in the future, the DPRK will more actively promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy."
This is the first detailed Yongbyon North Korea's uranium enrichment program areas.
U.S. media earlier reported that the DPRK earlier this month told a visiting professor at Stanford University, nuclear scientist Siegfried Heck, this place is open uranium enrichment facilities. DPRK officials said 2,000 centrifuges had been put into operation.
Heck said that this uranium enrichment plant "very modern", "impressive", "It seems these facilities is the primary design goals of civil nuclear energy, not to enhance the Korean military capabilities."
But heck, these uranium enrichment facilities "can be used to produce highly enriched uranium used in nuclear bombs."
Han Meijun two-pronged diplomatic matters
USFK and South Korean troops in South Korea joint military exercises held in waters west of November 30 into the third day. "Labor News" commented the same day the article said that the Korea-US joint military exercises in an attempt to incite against the DPRK's "war of aggression", leading to the Korean Peninsula "extremely" nervous.
November 23, Korean West Sea disputed "northern boundary" shelling occurred near each other. Since then, in order to avoid deterioration of the situation, repeatedly urged the parties concerned to exercise restraint and diplomatic efforts. U.S., South Korean military pressure on North Korea to face, side to seek a diplomatic solution.
South Korean Foreign Minister Jinxing Huan Nov. 30, said he will work with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Japanese Foreign Minister Maehara, early in December in Washington to discuss the situation in the Korean Peninsula, including the extension of the event and the Chinese shelling Ping Island recommendations.
Jinxing Huan day for Kazakhstan to attend the scheduled 1 to 2 December at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe conference. Jinxing Huan plan during the meeting, met with Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Unnamed South Korean official told Yonhap news agency reporter, Jinxing Huan also sought during the meeting with France, Britain and the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Minister and other dignitaries meeting.
Susan Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN said on November 29, within the Council is studying how to shelling and North Korea open new uranium enrichment program to respond.
Six-party talks is still valuable
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on November 30 in Seoul, South Korea, said an international forum, aimed at achieving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is still valid six-party talks.
She said she supported the current U.S. administration policy toward North Korea, but the six-party talks "will continue to be valuable."
Rice said the six-party talks on the neighboring countries of "cooperation" with North Korea the opportunity to deal with, "rather than one party against the other way", even if faced with this current situation, the six-party talks "are still valuable."
She said that to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula, in line with South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the U.S. interests.
North Korea announced its withdrawal in April last year, the six-party talks. North Korea said in mid-November, is ready to restart six-party talks ready to reopen the talks has not been able to blame the United States and South Korea.
For the resumption of talks, the six-party talks, China launched multi-chairman of diplomacy. The Chinese Government Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs Wu Dawei said on November 28, for the proper response to the Korean Peninsula, China, in December recommended six-party talks in Beijing in early head of emergency consultations on the current concerns of all parties to exchange views on major issues.
According to AP reporter Hu Ruoyu (Source: Beijing Times)
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