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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (4) Video Email Print Reprints Read Saudi king to seek medical treatment in U.S. 21 Nov 2010 UPDATE 2-US has no plans to retreat from traveler patdowns 21 Nov 2010 U.S. says open to North Korea talks despite nuclear advances | 2:19am EST Officials begin work on Irish bailout details | 1:41am EST Economists worried about U.S. inflation: survey 12:05am EST Discussed 174 Obama’s Democrats in disarray over expiring tax cuts 115 Analysis: Europe is next test for weakened Obama 96 Sweet drinks, sales tax targeted to cut deficit Watched Bejeweled bra exposed in NY Thu, Oct 21 2010 Row over vote orgasm video Fri, Nov 19 2010 Japanese Tourism Bra Wed, Nov 10 2010 U.S. says open to North Korea talks despite nuclear advances Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook By Jeremy Laurence SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States and its allies accused North Korea of being a danger to the region after it showed off its latest advances in uranium enrichment, but Washington said on Monday it was still open to talks. The... Related News Q+A: North Korea's uranium enrichment: motives, details 12:43am EST Analysis & Opinion America, Iran and a terrorist label Nuclear bombs and the Israeli elephant Related Topics Elections 2010 » Politics » China » North Korea » China Labor Unrest » World » Related Video Center Stage for Centrifuge Sun, Nov 21 2010 North Korea on the table Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy to North Korea, speaks to the media in Beijing, in this September 16, 2010 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Jason Lee/Files By Jeremy Laurence SEOUL | Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:19am EST SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States and its allies accused North Korea of being a danger to the region after it showed off its latest advances in uranium enrichment, but Washington said on Monday it was still open to talks. The reported sighting of more than a thousand centrifuges at its main nuclear complex appears to confirm the impoverished North, which already has a plutonium-based bomb, is on the way to creating a second source of weapons-grade nuclear material. It comes just as Pyongyang is pressing regional powers to resume talks on its atomic weapons program -- about the only real leverage it has with the outside world. "It is the latest in a series of provocative moves by the DPRK ... it is a very difficult problem we have been struggling to deal with for 20 years," U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth told reporters in Seoul, referring to the North by its acronym. "This is not a crisis, we are not surprised," said Bosworth, who is on the first leg of a tour of east Asia. "My crystal ball is foggy but I would never declare any process dead," he said when asked about the fate of regional six-party talks. "We have hope that we will be able to resuscitate (them)." The North's reported nuclear advances, including work on a light-water reactor, come nearly two months after Kim Jong-il started the transition of power to his youngest son, Kim Jong-un. Analysts say he wants to use nuclear muscle to boost his son's credentials with the military. Washington is particularly worried by the threat of North Korea -- whose ravaged economy has long relied heavily on arms exports -- selling nuclear weapons material to other states. It has conducted two nuclear tests to date and is believed to have enough fissile material to make several nuclear warheads. The latest flurry over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions follows comments at the weekend by Siegfried Hecker of Stanford University that he had been shown more than a thousand centrifuges at the Yongbyon nuclear complex this month. North Korea said they were operational. It is impossible to verify the North's claims, which it first announced last year. International inspectors were expelled from the country last year, but Washington has said since 2002 that Pyongyang had such a program. The North has said it wants to resume multilateral talks, but Washington and Seoul have said they will only consider a return to the negotiating table when Pyongyang shows it is sincere about denuclearization. By showing its nuclear hand, analysts say North Korea is seeking to gain leverage in any aid-for-disarmament negotiations in stalled six-way talks with regional powers China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States. South Korean government officials said the latest revelations, if true, posed "a very serious problem," adding they were in keeping with Pyongyang's typical pattern of behavior. Japan, the next stop on Bosworth's trip, also expressed dismay. "We absolutely cannot accept North Korea moving forward with nuclear development from the viewpoint of our country's security as well as the region's peace and stability," Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku told a news conference. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the North's nuclear disclosure followed a pattern of provocations, including the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, which Washington and Seoul blame on Pyongyang. 1 2 Next Elections 2010 Politics China North Korea China Labor Unrest World Comments See All Comments (4) | Post Comment Nov 21, 2010 8:55pm EST Talking to China about North Korea is like talking to a rock. It will not make any difference. China already knows what North Korea is up to, and North Korea has China’s full support. They are are close as “lips and teeth”. North Korea is pretty much China’s puppet, and China is using NK to cause conflict with its neighbors. China has no interest to resolve NK’s problems – it simply wants to prolong them as long as possible. China does not care if the people starve. Have you noticed that China’s government does not care about regular people. Their only concern is manipulating the levers of other governments to get what they want, and they accomplish this by payoffs. Who does not know this? I also imagine they use counterfeit bills as well since China secretly produces vast quantities of dollars and euros, and they have taught NK to do the same. That is who we are dealing with. marisa70394 Report As Abusive Nov 21, 2010 8:55pm EST I see this for what it is. China is using N.K’s nuclear entrance into the nuclear “club” for it’s own means of leveraging the rest of the world unto it’s on economic and political will. It is now a new member and off sets the political relations we have with the formal soviet union nations. north korea however is not in the best interest of china in the mid or long term. they are too explosive and if that is what china wants to support then they are stupid. Who shall destroy Earth first..asia, middle east, africa, or who else? ogre12 Report As Abusive Nov 21, 2010 9:29pm EST China is using NK the same way the USSR used Cuba back in the day. The difference is, NK has a rapidly growing nuclear program, and its leaders don’t seem to have any reservations about causing mass suffering. China is emerging as a very aggressive world power, and I think they lack the experience to understand the backlash to which their policies are leading. Unfortunately, the whole world will suffer for it. ExtremeCentrist Report As Abusive Nov 21, 2010 9:54pm EST Time to stop playing with these people. We need to send missiles with launchers to Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. 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