Washington was delaying construction of a light water reactor (LWR) as stipulated in the 1994 agreement, said the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper according to Pyonyang's Korean Central News Agency.

``Since the US considers the implementation of the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)-US agreed framework as drinking poison, there is no need for the DPRK to be bound to it,'' said the despatch, monitored here.

It said North Korea had suffered a ``huge loss'' by freezing its nuclear activities.

``We have no intention to suffer any more. The relevant institutions in the DPRK, including the military, are calling for urgent measures against the indefinite delay of the LWR construction.''

In the 1994 agreement, the US and its allies agreed to supply Pyongyang with two light water nuclear reactors in exchange for an end toNorth Korea's suspected nuclear weapons programme. However, little progress has been made since.

``The United States' persistent dilly-dallying with the construction compels the DPRK to do according to its own decision,'' said the Pyongyang despatch.

Five days of official US-North Korea talks in Geneva broke up earlier this month without an agreement on steps to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula.