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South Korea, U.S. to Resume Talks on Revision of Nuclear Accord Next Month

IN THIS ISSUE: S. Korea, US to resume talks on nuclear accord, more S. Koreans support developing nuclear weapons, Iran acts to expand sensitive nuclear capacity, Chinese nuclear developments, Russia to ccrap world's biggest nuclear subs, Japan, India to resume talks on nuclear energy agreement.

Published on May 21, 2013
 

South Korea, U.S. to Resume Talks on Revision of Nuclear Accord Next Month

Yonhap News Agency

Presidents Obama and Park

South Korea and the United States are expected to resume formal negotiations early next month aimed at revising a bilateral civilian nuclear accord, a government source said Monday, in what would be the first meeting since the allies agreed to extend the deadline for a deal until 2016.

After more than two years of negotiations, South Korea failed to win U.S. permission to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear fuel in the negotiations.   Full Article

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