North Korea/South Korea/China: Q&A: How North Korea's Nuclear Claim Looks to South Korea, China.

Section: General News - "The move now by the North Koreans to start building a uranium enrichment plant is what happens when you don't talk to the North." Mike Chinoy, Senior Fellow, U.S.-China Institute, University of Southern California American nuclear expert Siegfried Hecker's recent visit to North Korea has revealed new details about North Korea's uranium enrichment program. He was stunned, he says, by the sophistication of the new facility and the speed at which it was built.

The revelations have likely prompted closed-door, top level meetings inside the governments of Pyongyang's two neighbors, South Korea and China, although neither country has officially responded to …