Casualties South Korea

The toll in South Korea's monthlong protest rose to nine dead Saturday as a student was killed, apparently trampled as she and other protesters fled a barrage of virulent pepper gas in downtown Seoul. She was identified as Kim Kwi Jung, 25, a junior at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul.

The toll in South Korea's monthlong protest rose to nine dead Saturday as a student was killed, apparently trampled as she and other protesters fled a barrage of virulent pepper gas in downtown Seoul. She was identified as Kim Kwi Jung, 25, a junior at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul.

The Bush administration confirmed Friday that recent satellite photos show North Korea may be resuming production of weapons-grade plutonium, and warned Pyongyang not to build nuclear bombs. North Korea's moves to possibly start bomb production are far more serious than previous steps by the Stalinist regime as it maneuvers to win aid and diplomatic concessions from the United States, experts said.

North Korea took another serious step toward reactivating its nuclear program Sunday, disabling surveillance devices and breaking locks on a storage facility for some 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. Plutonium can be extracted from the rods and processed for use in nuclear weapons.