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DPRK to restore Yongbyon nuclear facilities
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-19 17:25

PYONGYANG -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has begun the work to restore its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon "to their original state," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.

It was a "counter-measure" against the United States for not sticking to its promise of delisting the DPRK from a "state sponsor of terrorism" blacklist, the official KCNA news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.