Brussels, 17/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - Wiegand Gunnar, spokesperson for the European Commission, said on Thursday that the Commission was taking very seriously reports alleging that North Korea is developing secret programmes to avail itself of the atomic bomb. "We have called on officials in North Korea to provide explanations rapidly and to comply with their commitments regarding nuclear non-proliferation", he said, specifying that Chris Patten had spoken of the problem with his officials....