朝鮮同意韓國記者參訪核設施拆除

Eight South Korean journalists are headed to North Korea after the reclusive regime gave a last-minute approval for the group to observe the dismantling of its nuclear test site.

The South Koreans were supposed to have joined a group of foreign journalists from the United States, Britain, China and Russia Tuesday on a flight from Beijing to the North Korean city of Wonsan Tuesday. But Seoul says the group did not make the flight after Pyongyang declined to accept them.

South Korea's Unification Ministry says the journalists were finally accepted by the North Wednesday through a message sent by a cross-border communication channel at the truce village of Panmunjon. The eight journalists are taking a special flight directly to Wonsan, and travel from there to the Punggye-ri test site in a remote mountainous region.

The Punggye-ri site, where North Korea has conducted all six of its nuclear tests, is scheduled to be dismantled between Wednesday and Friday, depending on weather conditions.孤立於世的朝鮮政權在最後一刻批准8名韓國記者前來觀察覈試驗設施的拆除。這些韓國記者已經啓程前往朝鮮。

韓國記者原定於星期二與美國、英國、中國和俄羅斯的記者一道從北京乘飛機前往朝鮮的雲山市。但是首爾說，這些韓國記者星期二沒能上飛機，因爲平壤拒絕讓韓國記者前來。

韓國統一部說，韓國記者最後星期三獲得了朝鮮的批准。朝鮮通過板門店停戰村的跨邊界聯絡渠道發來了批准的信息。這8名韓國記者乘坐直飛朝鮮雲山的專機，然後從雲山前往位於偏僻山區的豐溪里核試驗場。

朝鮮在豐溪里進行了它所有的6次核試驗。豐溪里核試驗設施將根據天氣情況，在星期三到星期五期間拆除。