North Korea Shows It Has The Materials For A-Bombs

An unofficial delegation of U.S. experts visiting North Korea last week examined what the Pyongyang government said was its "nuclear deterrent," apparently providing the first confirmation that Pyongyang has produced the key ingredient for nuclear weapons.

One official said it appeared the delegation had been shown what the North Koreans described as recently reprocessed plutonium.

According to this account, North Korean officials told the experts the material has not been placed in a nuclear device and that it was prepared to "freeze" it to resolve the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.