N Korea orders US nuke monitors out

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Source: Agence France-Presse

NORTH Korea has ordered US nuclear monitors out of the country, the US State Department said.

Monitors "have been asked to depart DPRK", department spokesman Robert Wood said.

"It's a step backward. We're obviously concerned about this," he said.

The announcement came one day after North Korea ordered UN inspectors to leave the country as soon as possible.

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