North Korea has said it plans to restart its main atomic complex, a move that could bolster its nuclear arsenal and add to tensions in the region.
The regime said on Tuesday that it would restart all facilities at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex to ease its electricity shortage and strengthen its nuclear capability.
The reactor was shut down in 2007 as part of international nuclear disarmament talks that have since stalled.
The move came a day after Pyongyang announced a "new strategic line" focusing on its nuclear programme and economy.
Responding to the growing crisis, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said on Tuesday he feared North Korea was on a collision course with the rest of the world that could lead to war. Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, said the current crisis had "gone too far" and called for dialogue to ease tensions on the peninsula.
"Nuclear threats are not a game. Aggressive rhetoric and military posturing only result in counter-actions, and fuel fear and instability," he said during a visit to Andorra. "Things must calm down as this situation, made worse by the lack of communication, could lead down a path that nobody should want to follow.
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