
The Asahi Shimbun / Sept 6The government doesn't believe Seoul intended to be a nuclear power. Others are not so sure.
Government officials expressed concern that revelations of a uranium-enrichment experiment in South Korea could derail six-nation talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs.....
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the global nuclear watchdog, said Thursday that South Korea reported Aug. 23 that some of its researchers conducted tests on a few milligrams of enriched uranium four years ago.