N.Korea rocks nuclear deal; Seoul remains hopeful

SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea jeopardized a six-country deal on giving up its nuclear arms just one day after it was struck by vowing on Tuesday to keep the weapons until Washington provides civilian atomic reactors, but some participants said this did not mean the pact was dead. 

The United States said the North's views, set out in a long statement, did not match the agreement signed in Beijing on Monday in which Pyongyang agreed to scrap its nuclear programs in return for aid and recognition of its right to a civilian nuclear program.