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Fri, 05/29/2009 - 15:51
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(LEAD) N. Korea warns of further 'self-defense measure' should U.N. punish its
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SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea blasted the U.N. Security Council, which
includes its allies China and Russia, on Friday for criticizing its nuclear test
and warned the country will respond to any new sanctions with further
"self-defense measures."
The warning, issued by the North's Foreign Ministry, came as the five members of
the Security Council, South Korea and Japan were discussing ways to punish the
North's second underground nuclear test Monday.
"Should the U.N. Security Council attempt further provocations, our further
self-defense measures will be inevitable in response," the North said in a
statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
The North called the permanent members of the Security Council -- the United
States, China, Russia, Britain and France -- "hypocrites" for criticizing its
rocket launch and nuclear test. The North's atomic explosion was the 2,054th in
the world, with "99.99 percent" of such tests conducted by those five countries,
it said.
The North called its nuclear test a self-defense measure to respond to the
Security Council's punishment for its April 5 rocket launch. The Security Council
had tightened economic sanctions on North Korea for launching a long-range rocket
in violation of a 2006 resolution.
Resolution 1718 was adopted in response to North Korea's first nuclear test that
year.
The North said it has right to launch missiles and test nuclear weapons, as the
country is not bound to the international regimes banning those activities -- the
nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Missile Technology Control Regime.
The Cold War still continues on the peninsula, the North said, and any Security
Council move to punish its nuclear test will be tantamount to nullifying the
armistice that ended the three-year Korean War in 1953.
"The world will soon see how our armed forces and people will stand against the
power and despotism of the U.N. Security Council to the end and protect their
dignity and sovereignty," the North said.
hkim@yna.co.kr
SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea blasted the U.N. Security Council, which
includes its allies China and Russia, on Friday for criticizing its nuclear test
and warned the country will respond to any new sanctions with further
"self-defense measures."
The warning, issued by the North's Foreign Ministry, came as the five members of
the Security Council, South Korea and Japan were discussing ways to punish the
North's second underground nuclear test Monday.
"Should the U.N. Security Council attempt further provocations, our further
self-defense measures will be inevitable in response," the North said in a
statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
The North called the permanent members of the Security Council -- the United
States, China, Russia, Britain and France -- "hypocrites" for criticizing its
rocket launch and nuclear test. The North's atomic explosion was the 2,054th in
the world, with "99.99 percent" of such tests conducted by those five countries,
it said.
The North called its nuclear test a self-defense measure to respond to the
Security Council's punishment for its April 5 rocket launch. The Security Council
had tightened economic sanctions on North Korea for launching a long-range rocket
in violation of a 2006 resolution.
Resolution 1718 was adopted in response to North Korea's first nuclear test that
year.
The North said it has right to launch missiles and test nuclear weapons, as the
country is not bound to the international regimes banning those activities -- the
nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Missile Technology Control Regime.
The Cold War still continues on the peninsula, the North said, and any Security
Council move to punish its nuclear test will be tantamount to nullifying the
armistice that ended the three-year Korean War in 1953.
"The world will soon see how our armed forces and people will stand against the
power and despotism of the U.N. Security Council to the end and protect their
dignity and sovereignty," the North said.
hkim@yna.co.kr
