Seoul tells of 1982 test to extract plutonium
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SEOUL A week after admitting that government scientists enriched tiny amounts of uranium four years ago, the South Korean government revealed on Thursday that scientists in 1982 conducted an experiment in plutonium extraction at a state-run research
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TOKYO - Japan on Thursday described the plutonium extraction experiment conducted by South Korea in the early 1980s as &quot;inappropriate&quot; and called for strict inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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BEIJING - South Korea and the US yesterday sought to play down fears that North Korea might have conducted a nuclear test after reports of a large explosion in the northern part of the communist country.
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South Korea's cooperation with the United  Nations' nuclear watchdog over concerns about past atomic  experiments should serve as an example to North Korea, the U.S.  ambassador to Seoul said on Friday.
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SEOUL -- Denying it has any nuclear weapons ambitions, South Korea insisted yesterday that a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists will not derail US-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea's nuclear programs.
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The South Korean government acknowledged Thursday that it extracted a small amount of plutonium during a 1982 research experiment, a declaration that came
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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.
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North Korea plans to seal its nuclear reactor, the source of weapons-grade plutonium, in the second half of July, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing an unidentified North Korean diplomatic source.
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South Korea&#39;s nuclear and uranium experiments that were conducted years ago are under scrutiny at the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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North Korea is to conduct a nuclear test for what it calls self-defence measures, the foreign ministry says.
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The BBC is told that South  Korean scientists engaged in secret, illegal experiments to enrich nuclear fuel.
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North Korea is to conduct a nuclear test, the foreign ministry says in a statement.
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South Korea admitted it had conducted plutonium-based nuclear research in the early 1980s just one week after startling revelations emerged concerning enriched uranium.
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Radioactive sabre-rattling North Korea has announced it will test one of its nuclear warheads, the BBC reports. North Korea's foreign ministry declared: "[North Korea] will in the future conduct a nuclear test under the condition where safety is firmly guaranteed."â¦
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North Korea has reprocessed 8,000 spent fuel rods into weapons-grade plutonium and appears to have exported nuclear material to Libya, U.S. officials informed Asian allies this week.
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Radioactive sabre-rattling North Korea has announced it will test one of its nuclear warheads, the BBC reports. North Korea's foreign ministry announced: "[North Korea] will in the future conduct a nuclear test under the condition where safety is firmly guaranteed."â¦
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The United Nations nuclear watchdog is investigating a secret uranium-enrichment experiment that South Korean scientists conducted four years