Seoul urges NKorea to "have the courage to tell truth" on uranium

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2007

SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea's top nuclear negotiator urged North Korea Monday to "have the courage to tell the truth" about its suspected enriched uranium programme, which is slowing down a landmark disarmament process.

Chun Yung-Woo said a full declaration of all nuclear weapons programmes was essential to keep a six-nation aid-for-disarmament deal afloat.

"It's time for North Koreans to have the courage to tell the truth," Chun told AFP.

"North Koreans have explained a lot about plutonium. But they seem to be less prepared to tell the truth about the UEP (uranium enrichment programme)."

Chun and his team were briefed last week by Sung Kim, the US State Department's top Korea expert, after Kim's three-day trip to review work on disabling the North's...