N. Korea warns new U.N. sanctions will void armistice

SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday its second nuclear test, which
took place this week, was a self-defense measure in response to the U.N. Security
Council's punishment for its April 5 rocket launch, and that any further U.N.
sanctions would be tantamount to scrapping the Korean War armistice.

"Should the U.N. Security Council attempt further provocations, our further
self-defense measures will be inevitable in response," the North's foreign
ministry said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
"Hostile activity by the U.N. Security Council will be tantamount to nullifying
the Korean War Armistice Agreement," it said.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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