UN nuclear agency says NKorea mission on hold
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says his organization does not plan to send a mission to North Korea any time soon, despite an invitation from Pyongyang.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano is invoking the North's mid- April launch of a satellite as negating any "immediate prospect of an agency mission taking place."
Because of similar technologies, the statellite launch was widely interpreted internationally as a test of North Korean missile capabilities. Pyongyang is prohibited from missile tests by the U.N. Security Council.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The North issued the invitation to the IAEA on March 13. Amano said it became obvious that it could not send a mission to Pyongyang in the near future after recent contacts with North Korean officials.