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    North Korea Says It Will Restart Nuclear Reactor

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said today he is " deeply troubled " by North Korea's announcement that it will reopen its Yongbyon facility for processing plutonium to make nuclear bombs. Ban says it "could lead down a path that nobody should want to follow."

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said today he is "deeply troubled" by North Korea's announcement that it will reopen its Yongbyon facility for processing plutonium to make nuclear bombs. Ban says it "could lead down a path that nobody should want to follow." Professor David Kang is director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California.

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      KCRW

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      David Kang

      University of Southern California

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    1 of 3
    Google Glass, Privacy and Our Addiction to Tech
    1. 0:00North Korea Says It Will Restart Nuclear ReactorYou’re reading this
    2. 7:37Google Glass and the Digital World
    3. 48:23Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal
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