Excavation for N. Korea's nuclear reactors to begin soon

Excavation for N. Korea's nuclear reactors to begin soon

SEOUL, South Korea - Charles Kartman, chief of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), holds a news conference in Seoul on June 4. Kartman said excavation works for two light-water reactors to be built in North Korea will begin this summer.

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