N. Korea making "important" progress on Yongbyon nuclear reactorJune 4, 2013 - 10:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - North Korea is making "important" progress on reactivating facilities at its moth-balled Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a U.S. think-tank says. Start-up could be one to two months away, it said, but there was uncertainty over the availability of fuel rods to power the reactor. North Korea announced in April that it planned to reactivate the reactor, amid high tension on the peninsula. The reactor was closed in July 2007 as part of a disarmament-for-aid deal. The cooling tower at the facility was later destroyed, but then the disarmament deal stalled. North Korea's decision to restart followed its third nuclear test on 12 February, which led to expanded UN sanctions, BBC News reported. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |