U.S.: DPRK violates UN resolutions

The US government is accusing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of violating UN Security Council resolutions by producing material, that is useable in nuclear weapons. The U.S. is urging the country back to the six-party process.

The DPRK announced on Tuesday, they had reprocessed all their 8,000 spent nuclear rods in August. This is a key step in increasing its nuclear arsenal.

South Korea says it will cooperate closely in the effort to persuade Pyongyang to return to six-party talks, until then it will keep a close eye on Pyongyang's activities.

A South Korean man watches a TV news program about North Korea's  latest claim on nuclear fuel reprocessing at the Seoul Railway  Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. North Korea  said Tuesday it has reprocessed 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods and  extracted enough plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile, raising  the stakes in an apparent effort to push the U.S. into direct  negotiations. The letters on the screen read ' Completion of  reprocessing nuclear fuel rods'.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)