N. Korean media accuses U.S. of stalemating nuclear talks

SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean weekly on Saturday accused the United
States of stalemating international talks on the North's nuclear weapons program,
calling Washington's delay in removing Pyongyang from its list of terrorist
sponsors a "dirty trick."
For more than a month, North Korea has blamed the U.S. for failing to honor its
pledge under a six-party accord to remove Pyongyang from the U.S. government's
list of state sponsors terrorism in exchange for disabling its key nuclear
facility.
The U.S. is "making a dirty trick to pass the responsibility of stalemating the
denuclearization process to" North Korea, the North's weekly magazine, the Tongil
Sinbo, said.
The magazine, which reflects North Korean government positions, said Pyongyang
has "sufficiently fulfilled its duty."
This week, North Korea said it would expel United Nations nuclear inspectors and
restart its nuclear reprocessing facility, which had been disabled under the
six-party denuclearization accord.
The development was the latest in a recent series of moves by North Korea to
backpedal from its 2007 agreement with South Korea, the U.S., China, Japan and
Russia to disable its key nuclear facilities in return for economic and political
rewards.