Exclusive: North Korea restarts plutonium production for nuclear bombs - U.S. official

By Jonathan Landay, David Brunnstrom and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has restarted production of plutonium fuel, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday, showing that it plans to pursue its nuclear weapons programme in defiance of international sanctions. The U.S. assessment came a day after the U.N. nuclear watchdog said it had “indications” that Pyongyang has reactivated a plant to recover plutonium from spent reactor fuel at Yongbyon, its mai