FILE PHOTO OF GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY OF FUTURE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN KUMHO, NORTH KOREA, 1997-08-19 (photo)

Representatives from nine countries attend a ground breaking ceremony for the landmark nuclear project in the North Korean village of Kumho in this August August 19, 1997 file photo. The construction of this power plant, funded by a consortium from Japan, South Korea and the United States, was the result of a 1994 agreement in which North Korea said they would not operate a secret nuclear weapons programme. North Korea, confronted with U.S. "evidence," has acknowledged it is operating a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of a 1994 agreement, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Paul Barker LJW/PB