China Urges ‘Flexibility’ on N. Korea Nuclear Moves

Reuters reports on China’s cautious response to Pyongyang’s recent moves apparently aimed at restarting the Yongbyon nuclear complex:

Monday, North Korea asked the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog to remove seals and cameras from its main atomic facility, Yongbyon.

The North said Friday it was working to reactivate the plutonium-making Yongbyon complex, the basis of the atomic bomb program it had been dismantling since last November under a disarmament-for-aid deal.

Beijing has hosted the six-party talks, which produced that deal, and has acted as an intermediary between the United States and North Korea, which is heavily dependent on aid from its communist neighbor.