Give Us an N-Reactor, N. Korea Urges U.S.

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UNITED NATIONS -- North Korea's deputy foreign minister urged the United States Thursday to provide it with a nuclear reactor as a "simultaneous" step in its disarmament and said his country would welcome a visit by the chief U.S. arms negotiator.

U.S. officials had downplayed Pyongyang's insistence on reactors soon after an agreement was announced this week at six-party nuclear talks in Beijing in which North Korea pledged to drop its weapons development efforts before the subject of light-water reactors is discussed.

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Give Us an N-Reactor, N. Korea Urges U.S.

But North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon Choe repeated the demand Thursday for the reactor ...

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