NKorea announces it is ending its nuclear freeze

George Jahn , The Associated Press , Vienna | Thu, 10/09/2008 9:10 PM | World

North Korea has told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it is placing all its main nuclear complex off-limits to inspectors and will stop its program of dismantling the site.

The IAEA made the development public in an announcement Thursday.

A senior diplomat familiar with North Korea's statement said it is the clearest indication so far that Pyongyang plans to restart its atomic program, which includes facilities to produce plutonium that can be used in a bomb. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on the matter.

The North already barred agency personnel from its plutonium-reprocessing facility at Yongbyon last month.

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