SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea jeopardised a six-nation 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.
The U.S. State Department said the North's views, set out in a lengthy statement, did not match the agreement it signed at six-country talks in Beijing. Japan said the North's demand was unacceptable and China asked all sides to fulfil their promises.
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