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N. Korea Discordant on Obama Era, Nuclear Arsenal

 
SEOUL, Jan. 17 -- North Korea sees the presidency of Barack Obama as an opportunity for much-improved relations with the United States, a U.S. scholar said Saturday after a trip to the country. Still, it says that it has turned its entire plutonium stockpile into weapons and that it is determined... (link)

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