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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/11/north-korea-demands-recognition-as-legitimate-nuclear-state-pyongyang
North Korea has demanded the US recognise it as a “legitimate nuclear weapons state” following its fifth and largest atomic test, adding that threats of further sanctions against the country were “laughable”.
The dictatorship set off its most powerful nuclear explosion to date on Friday, saying it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile and ratcheting up a challenge to rivals and the UN.
“Obama is trying hard to deny the DPRK’s [North Korea’s] strategic position as a legitimate nuclear weapons state but it is as foolish an act as trying to eclipse the sun with a palm,” said a foreign ministry spokesman quoted by the official KCNA news agency.
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The spokesman defended the test, which has been condemned worldwide, as a necessary response to what he termed a US nuclear threat. The country would work to increase its nuclear force “in quality and in quantity”, his statement said.
“The group of Obama’s running around and talking about meaningless sanctions until today is highly laughable, when their ‘strategic patience’ policy is completely worn out and they are close to packing up to move out,” the statement reportedly added.
“As we’ve made clear, measures to strengthen the national nuclear power in quality and quantity will continue to protect our dignity and right to live from augmented threats of nuclear war from the United States.”
The UN security council denounced North Korea’s decision to carry out the test and said it would begin work immediately on a resolution. The US, Britain and France pushed for the 15-member body to impose new sanctions.
Obama said after speaking by telephone with the South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, and the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, on Friday that they had agreed to work with the security council and other powers to vigorously enforce existing measures and to take “additional significant steps, including new sanctions”.
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“We will be working very closely in the security council and beyond to come up with the strongest possible measure against North Korea’s latest actions,” said the US special representative for North Korea policy, Sung Kim, on Sunday.
“In addition to action in the security council, both the US and Japan, together with the Republic of Korea, will be looking at unilateral measures, as well as bilateral measures, as well as possible trilateral cooperation,” he said, referring to South Korea by its official name.
South Korea’s top nuclear envoy also spoke to his Chinese counterpart late on Saturday by telephone and emphasised the need for fresh countermeasures including a new UN security council resolution, the South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement.
South Korea said on Saturday that the latest test showed North Korea’s nuclear capability was expanding fast and that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was unwilling to alter course.
Another KCNA report on Sunday said North Koreans were “delighted” by the nuclear test. “The enemies can no longer deny the strategic position of our country as a nuclear weapons state,” Jong Won-sop, a teacher at the University of National Economy, was quoted as saying.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/11/north-korea-demands-recognition-as-legitimate-nuclear-state-pyongyang
North Korea has demanded the US recognise it as a “legitimate nuclear weapons state” following its fifth and largest atomic test, adding that threats of further sanctions against the country were “laughable”.
The dictatorship set off its most powerful nuclear explosion to date on Friday, saying it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile and ratcheting up a challenge to rivals and the UN.
“Obama is trying hard to deny the DPRK’s [North Korea’s] strategic position as a legitimate nuclear weapons state but it is as foolish an act as trying to eclipse the sun with a palm,” said a foreign ministry spokesman quoted by the official KCNA news agency.
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The spokesman defended the test, which has been condemned worldwide, as a necessary response to what he termed a US nuclear threat. The country would work to increase its nuclear force “in quality and in quantity”, his statement said.
“The group of Obama’s running around and talking about meaningless sanctions until today is highly laughable, when their ‘strategic patience’ policy is completely worn out and they are close to packing up to move out,” the statement reportedly added.
“As we’ve made clear, measures to strengthen the national nuclear power in quality and quantity will continue to protect our dignity and right to live from augmented threats of nuclear war from the United States.”
The UN security council denounced North Korea’s decision to carry out the test and said it would begin work immediately on a resolution. The US, Britain and France pushed for the 15-member body to impose new sanctions.
Obama said after speaking by telephone with the South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, and the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, on Friday that they had agreed to work with the security council and other powers to vigorously enforce existing measures and to take “additional significant steps, including new sanctions”.
The Guardian view on North Korea’s nuclear test: engagement is overdue
Editorial: China and others should do their part, but only the US can make real progress in restarting negotiations with Pyongyang
Read more
“We will be working very closely in the security council and beyond to come up with the strongest possible measure against North Korea’s latest actions,” said the US special representative for North Korea policy, Sung Kim, on Sunday.
“In addition to action in the security council, both the US and Japan, together with the Republic of Korea, will be looking at unilateral measures, as well as bilateral measures, as well as possible trilateral cooperation,” he said, referring to South Korea by its official name.
South Korea’s top nuclear envoy also spoke to his Chinese counterpart late on Saturday by telephone and emphasised the need for fresh countermeasures including a new UN security council resolution, the South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement.
South Korea said on Saturday that the latest test showed North Korea’s nuclear capability was expanding fast and that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was unwilling to alter course.
Another KCNA report on Sunday said North Koreans were “delighted” by the nuclear test. “The enemies can no longer deny the strategic position of our country as a nuclear weapons state,” Jong Won-sop, a teacher at the University of National Economy, was quoted as saying.
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How many wars have North Korea started or been involved in ?
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The same number as Nazi Germany, one.
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A similar regime? yes.
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Comment from Guardian : ( michaelvernon : https://profile.theguardian.com/user/id/4256965 )
The Chinese are playing a double edged game in North Korea. Sanctions are useless because the Chinese are breaking it at every level. Who do you think supplies the North Koreans with the centrifuges and other hardware? The Chinese are fighting a proxy war against the Americans and its allies ( South Korea and Japan ) using North Korea and Kim. If China was determined , it could have strangled Kim's nuclear program, years ago. The next President should get tough with China. Obama is **** footing with the Chinese. The Chinese have little or no respect for weak leaders like Obama. Hence the humiliation in forcing Obama to exit from the arse of Air Force One. The maverick and unstable Kim will soon have inter continental ballistic missles( probably with covert Chinese assistance) which will be able to hit mainland US targets. With one stroke of a button , the US economy will be destroyed if the crazy child emperor decides to fiddle with the button . And guess who will be the sole remaining super power ? |
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Time to Stop North Korea
HOW!!!! As they have Nuclear Weapons they cannot be stopped. We don't need WWIII! It seems sad that a country that can scarcely feed its own population spends money on Nuclear Weapons  but I think China holds it up.....because if Korea reunites(the most sensible option) US will put Nuclear Weapons on the border with China... Anyway do we have the moral right to stop any country having Nuclear weapons?????????.... I do not think we do. |
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just my own opinion
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I'm not so sure i agree with the 3 generation of punishment rule
 where.. If one person violates a law or is sent to prison camp, it affects their whole family. Grandparents, parents, and children of the violator are sent to work with them. |
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Something will be done soon.....1.01
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If one person violates a law or is sent to prison camp, it affects their whole family. Grandparents, parents, and children of the violator are sent to work with them.
I do not agree either Ron, the people of N.Korea are extremely u/l they are caught between US backed S.Korea in the south and China in the North.....I wish Korea would reunite?????? Something will be done soon.....1.01 Just as long as it is not WWIII, that is worries me Leopard! |
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islam are a far, far bigger threat to civilisation than little Kim.
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South Korea are saying it has a secret plan to 'annihilate' Pyongyang if North starts nuclear war.
An unnamed military source told Yonhap that every part of the North Korean capital will be "completely destroyed by ballistic missiles and high-explosive shells". |
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They should ask Tony Blair for advice on this ongoing trick topic
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ask Kim's barber
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