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North Korea threatens nuclear tests over U.N. sanctions
Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:11am EDT
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Wednesday threatened a new nuclear test unless the U.N. Security Council apologizes for tightening sanctions, confirming some analysts' fears that Pyongyang is determined to build an atomic arsenal.
The threat adds to mounting tension in East Asia following the North's April 5 rocket launch that the United States and other governments said was the disguised test of a long-range missile.
"In case the (U.N. Security Council) does not make an immediate apology ... the DPRK (North Korea) will be compelled to take additional self-defensive measures in order to defend its supreme interests," the North's foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by the KCNA news agency.
"The measures will include nuclear tests and test-firings of intercontinental ballistic missiles."
A Japanese official called for calm response and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, speaking without mentioning the latest threat, said the protracted six-party talks on North Korea, which the Pyongyang has abandoned, were the way forward.
"North Korea is strongly opposed to the international community's message, and we are taking into consideration the possibility of the North raising tensions," Aso was quoted by a Japanese government official as telling Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing.
"But we think that it is important not to overreact and to respond calmly," he was quoted as saying. "Japan thinks that the six-party talks are the most realistic framework to push forward the denuclearization of North Korea." The talks join Japan, China, the two Koreas, Russia and the United States.
North Korea timed its latest threat just before the talks in Beijing between Aso and Wen at which Aso also urged China, host of the six-party talks, to "play an important role" with its "great influence" over North Korea.
China is the closest North Korea has to a major ally, but a nuclear test by the North would be seen as destabilizing the region and is likely to antagonize Beijing.
The South Korean and Chinese foreign ministries had no immediate comment.
A fresh nuclear test would rattle financial markets in Seoul and Tokyo but the impact could be short-lived because much of the risk has already been factored in.
IMPOSED SANCTIONS
The Security Council imposed sanctions on North Korea following a ballistic missile launch in July 2006 and a nuclear test a few months later.
After this month's rocket launch, it called for the sanctions to be tightened.
The impoverished North has lashed out at the measures, saying it would boycott six-country disarmament talks and bolster its nuclear deterrent. Continued...
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