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Pyongyang, North Korea

Another bomb: In an effort to push the U.S. into bilateral talks, North Korea announced this week that it had completed reprocessing spent nuclear fuel for use in a bomb. The country is already believed to have weaponized enough plutonium for six to eight bombs, and the new fuel would add to that stockpile. “We have no option but to strengthen our self-defense nuclear deterrent in the face of increasing nuclear threats and military provocations from hostile forces,” the official state news agency said. It said the country would “go its own way” unless the U.S. agreed to bilateral talks. The U.S. has been pressing for North Korea to instead return to multilateral talks, which include Russia, China, Japan, and South Korea.

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