41.   Washington maintains that it was understood in Geneva that South Korean technology would be used, but Pyongyang now refuses to accept Southern reactors on technical and political grounds.

42.   Washington has been insisting that North Korea accept South Korean reactors, a condition Pyongyang has steadfastly refused, reportedly for technical and political reasons.

43.   Whether the North accepts the reactors and allows the acord to procede smoothly will also become clear in the coming six months, Rha said.

44.   North Korea on Friday again angrily refused to accept South Korean reactors.

45.   North Korea warned Wednesday that pressure to accept South Korean reactors would force it to scrap a nuclear deal with the United States being discussed in Berlin.

46.   North Korea refuses to accept reactors from its arch-rival.

47.   Press reports said North Korea may accept the reactors if they are declared to be made in the United States or another country except rival South Korea.

48.   Pyongyang so far has refused to accept the reactors from its rival to the south.

49.   Pyongyang has however refused to accept reactors made by the South.

50.   Pyongyang has balked at accepting South Korean reactors, while Seoul is urging Washington to hold up normalization talks with Pyongyang until an inter-Korean dialogue gets underway.