World | North Korea After Dustup, N. Korea Boots Nuke Inspectors By Harry Kimball Posted Apr 14, 2009 1:14 PM CDT Copied A satellite image of the Musudan-ri launchpad, lower right, and assembly building, upper right, in northeastern North Korea. (AP Photo) Following a UN reprimand—and North Korea’s indignant exit from multilateral talks on its nuclear program—Pyongyang has expelled international inspectors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The International Atomic Energy Agency will announce the move shortly. North Korea called the UN statement an “unbearable insult,” but some experts see the expulsion as political brinksmanship based on the perception of a more cooperative Obama administration. Read These Next Hiker made the mistake of grabbing a rattlesnake. Hunter Biden shrugs off threat from Melania Trump. Bereaved dad: 'It's not the way I imagined my vacation.' Girl, 11, disappeared in 1996. An arrest has just been made. Report an error