N. Korea has weaponized declared plutonium: U.S. scholar

BEIJING, China - Selig Harrison, Asia Program director at the Washington-based Center for International Policy, speaks at a news conference in Beijing after visiting North Korea. Harrison said North Korea contends it has weaponized the more than 30 kilograms of plutonium it has declared to its partners in the six-way denuclearization talks, and insists they cannot be inspected.

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