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Vol. 5 Num 134 Thu. October 07, 2004  
   
International


N Korea testing world patience: IAEA


North Korea's two-year-old nuclear crisis has taxed the world's patience, the chief United Nations nuclear regulator said on Wednesday, urging communist Pyongyang to return to its disarmament treaty obligations.

Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), also said that there was no comparison between South Korea's recently reported atomic experiments and North Korea's full-fledged reprocessing programme and weapons assertions.

"The six-party talks have been going on for quite awhile and the international community is getting impatient to see quick results and to see North Korea turning back to the non-proliferation regime," ElBaradei said.