PBS NewsHour

North Korea Promises to Restart Plutonium Reactor

Clip: 04/02/2013 | 2m 22s

North Korean state television announced another escalation of leader Kim Jong-un's pledge to build up his country's nuclear capability. Margaret Warner reports on why North Korea says it is restarting its uranium enrichment program and its plutonium reactor after taking steps to shut it down it in 2007.

Aired: 04/02/13

Expired: 12/31/69

Rating: NR

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