S.Korea Made Near Bomb-Grade Uranium-U.N.
240133
The U.N. nuclear watchdog confirmed in a  confidential report on Thursday that South Korea enriched a  tiny amount of uranium in 2000 to a level close to what would  be useable in an atomic weapon.
513502
The U.N. nuclear watchdog rebuked South Korea on Friday for undeclared experiments with uranium enrichment and plutonium separation, activities that could be applied to atomic bomb-making.
515332
ISN Security Watch (12/11/04) - The UNâs nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), charged South Korea on Thursday with violating international nuclear safeguards, while Seoul announced it was building the first of the three
116017
One-fifth of a gram of low-grade enriched uranium and some milligrams of plutonium truly are too little to be considered as any serious efforts at weapons development, but they are large enough to put the government of Korea in an extremely awkward
218839
The South Korean government says its scientists were not trying to build a nuclear bomb when they enriched a small amount of uranium four years ago.
310293
WASHINGTON â North Korea, in its first reaction to evidence South Korean scientists conducted tests to enrich uranium, has accused Seoul of &quot;accelerating a nuclear-arms race&quot; in Northeast Asia.
236530
South Korea says the North attempted to develop a second, secret uranium enrichment programme.
360535
South Korea's foreign minister on Thursday said he was confident that investigations by a U.N. nuclear watchdog will prove his country's nuclear experiments were not conducted for weapons advancement.
687603
South Korea has conducted secret nuclear experiments that violated international nuclear safeguards on a scale wider than what Seoul had declared previously.
190407
U.S. scientists found traces of enriched uranium on smelted aluminum tubing from North Korea, which appears to contradict its denials of a secret uranium-based nuclear program, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
647457
North Korea has said it has turned plutonium from 8,000 spent fuel rods into nuclear weapons. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Su-hon said the weapons were needed for &quot;self-defence&quot; against &quot;US nuclear threat&quot;.
276072
SEOUL, South Korea -- The United Nations nuclear watchdog will send a group of inspectors to South Korea this week to help it complete a report in November on Seoul&#39;s secret past nuclear experiments, a South Korean official said Sunday.
38258
South Korea has welcomed North Korea's invitation to the United Nations nuclear watchdog to send a delegation to Pyongyang, a possible first step towards its nuclear disarmament.
676945
South Korea said on Friday it did not  expect a shock declaration that government scientists enriched  uranium four years ago to upset international efforts to end  North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
722658
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been investigating South Koreaâs nuclear-related facilities after learning that its government secretly produced small quantities of nuclear material, apparently in violation of its IAEA
473554
SEOUL, South Korea  - Denying it has any nuclear weapons ambitions, South Korea insisted Friday that a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists will not derail U.S.-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea's nuclear programs.
184425
South Korea admitted that its scientists extracted a small amount of plutonium, a key ingredient for making nuclear bombs, in secret research in the early 1980s.