Powell says South Korea nuclear experiments "not serious"

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Powell says South Korea nuclear experiments "not serious": minister


SEOUL : US Secretary of State Colin Powell has been quoted as saying there is no comparison with the secret nuclear experiments previously carried out by South Korea and ongoing atomic programmes in North Korea and Iran.

"There is no comparison between the South Korean nuclear issue and nuclear weapons programmes in North Korea and Iran," Powell was quoted as saying when he met South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-Young.


"The (South Korean) nuclear experiments are not something serious," he was quoted as saying. His quotes were given in Korean by the Unification Ministry and no English-language quotes were available.

North Korea has accused the United States of applying double standards concerning the nuclear issues of the two Koreas.

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