TOKYO - A senior Japanese diplomat expressed pessimism yesterday that North Korea would shut its nuclear facilities by a promised deadline this month.
TOKYO - A senior Japanese diplomat expressed pessimism yesterday that North Korea would shut its nuclear facilities by a promised deadline this month.
"It's becoming increasingly difficult to achieve," said Shotaro Yachi, vice minister for foreign affairs.
North Korea promised to shut down its plutonium-producing plants by April 14.
But Pyongyang last month stormed out of talks after not receiving R188million of its funds frozen in a Macau bank. - Sapa