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N Korea raises threat of new test
BBC News ^ | 10/11/2006
Posted on 10/11/2006 12:12:08 AM PDT by Republicain
North Korea's second most powerful leader has said that whether further nuclear tests are carried out depends on US policy, Japanese media report. Kim Yong-nam said the decision depended on how the US treated North Korea, Japan's Kyodo news agency said.
He said US policy was also the main factor in determining whether to return to stalled six-party talks.
The comments were the first from a senior North Korean official since the country's claimed nuclear test.
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North Korea says Japan is gearing up for war
DefenceTalk.com ^
Posted on 10/10/2006 11:56:42 PM PDT by DTAD
SEOUL: Communist North Korea accused Japan Wednesday of gearing up for war as Tokyo pressed the UN Security Council to punish Pyongyang for its nuclear test.
Japanese "reactionaries" are preparing to upgrade the Defence Agency into a ministry and set up a "strategic planning office" inside the agency, the government newspaper Minju Joson said in a commentary.
"This is nothing but moves to convert Japan into a military power and round off the preparations for a war of aggression overseas," said the commentary carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
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