SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it was scrapping all accords with South Korea, a move the South's prime minister said could be timed to coincide with Barack Obama taking over as U.S. president.
The U.S. State Department described the North Korean comments as "distinctly not helpful" but said Washington would keep pursuing a 2005 multilateral deal under which Pyongyang agreed to abandon its nuclear programs.
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