21 March 2012

News Story: N. Korea OKs IAEA Inspectors, Says U.S. Deal Is In Force


By PARK CHAN-KYONG

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has invited United Nations inspectors to monitor a nuclear freeze deal with the United States, insisting the pact remains in force despite its shock announcement of a planned satellite launch.

Next month’s scheduled launch, which would defy a U.N. ban, has sparked widespread complaints that the communist state is testing long-range missile technology that could one day deliver a nuclear warhead.

Washington says any launch would breach the Feb. 29 bilateral deal, which offered major U.S. food aid for a partial nuclear freeze.

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