http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/North_Korea_insists_U_S_must_lift_money_curbs.html?siteSect=143&sid=7629418&cKey=1174136005000North Korea insists U.S. must lift money curbs
By Lindsay Beck and Chris Buckley
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's chief nuclear envoy said on Saturday his country would not stop its atomic development programme until the United States lifted financial curbs on North Korean accounts in a Macau bank.
Kim Kye-gwan, addressing reporters on arrival in Beijing for a new session of six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, appeared in no mood to mince words.
"If the Banco Delta Asia financial sanctions are not completely lifted, we are not going to stop our nuclear development programme," Kim said.
"What I mean is the initial steps. We are not going to stop the operation of the Yongbyon nuclear facility."