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Thursday, November 08, 2007

SKorea, US concerned about NKorean missiles

North Korea's development of long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction pose a threat although the country has started disabling its nuclear reactor, US and South Korean officials said Wednesday.

A US team began overseeing work on Monday to dismantle the reactor at Yongbyon, the first step in a denuclearisation pact that also requires Pyongyang to make a full accounting of its nuclear facilities and activities.

"We are starting on a path but we are far from reaching our destination," US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said at a news conference after annual US-South Korean security talks with South Korean Defence Minister Kim Jang-Soo.

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