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DPRK threatens "all-out action" against US
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January 24, 2013, Thursday
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) today vowed to conduct more rocket launches and a higher-level nuclear test targeting its "sworn enemy" -- the United States.
In a statement carried by the KCNA news agency, the National Defense Commission criticized the resolution adopted Tuesday by the UN Security Council to condemn the country's recent satellite launch.
"We do not hide that a variety of satellites and long-range rockets will be launched and a nuclear test of higher level will be carried out in the upcoming new phase of the anti-US struggle, targeting against the US, the sworn enemy of the Korean people," the statement said.
The commission also declared that "there will no longer exist the six-party talks and the Sept. 19 joint statement," as "the UN Security Council has been reduced into an organization bereft of impartiality and balance."
"We will launch an all-out action to foil the hostile policy toward the DPRK being pursued by the US and those dishonest forces following the US, and safeguard the sovereignty of the country and the nation," it said.
"No dialogue on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will be possible in the future even though there may be dialogues and negotiations on ensuring peace and security in the region including the Korean Peninsula."
The 15-member UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved Resolution 2087 which requires the DPRK to comply with all relevant resolutions approved by the Security Council and not to use ballistic missile technology for any launch.
It also reiterated to seek a peaceful, diplomatic and political solution to the issues concerned and advocated the renewal of the six-party talks over the denuclearization issue on the Korean Peninsula.
On Dec. 12 last year, the KCNA confirmed that the DPRK launched and orbited the second version of the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite. After the launch, the DPRK has defended its right to launch satellites for peaceful and scientific purposes.
The top US envoy said today the possible nuclear test will be a "supremely unhelpful and retrograde step." Glyn Davies, the US envoy on DPRK policy, arrived in Seoul yesterday as part of his three-nation Asia tour aimed at discussing follow-up actions to expanded UN sanctions on the DPRK over its Dec. 12 satellite launch.
"It will be a mistake and a missed opportunity if they were to do it," the envoy told reporters in reference to a possible third nuclear test by Pyongyang.
"This is not a moment to increase tensions on the Korean peninsula. This is a moment to cease the opportunity that has been out there with the new government in Seoul (and) with the renewed mandate of the president of the United States," he added.
Stressing that the 15-member U.N. body unanimously adopted the resolution, Davies said the move "sends a unified message" to Pyongyang that it should live up to its obligations and abandon its nuclear weapons and missiles.
"Or you will only further isolate your nation and impoverish your people," Davies said in a curt message to the DPRK, while adding that the United States is "still open to authentic and credible negotiations."
Glyn Davies, who is accompanied by Clifford Hart, the chief US envoy for six-party nuclear talks, is scheduled to make stops in China and Japan.
In a statement carried by the KCNA news agency, the National Defense Commission criticized the resolution adopted Tuesday by the UN Security Council to condemn the country's recent satellite launch.
"We do not hide that a variety of satellites and long-range rockets will be launched and a nuclear test of higher level will be carried out in the upcoming new phase of the anti-US struggle, targeting against the US, the sworn enemy of the Korean people," the statement said.
The commission also declared that "there will no longer exist the six-party talks and the Sept. 19 joint statement," as "the UN Security Council has been reduced into an organization bereft of impartiality and balance."
"We will launch an all-out action to foil the hostile policy toward the DPRK being pursued by the US and those dishonest forces following the US, and safeguard the sovereignty of the country and the nation," it said.
"No dialogue on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will be possible in the future even though there may be dialogues and negotiations on ensuring peace and security in the region including the Korean Peninsula."
The 15-member UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved Resolution 2087 which requires the DPRK to comply with all relevant resolutions approved by the Security Council and not to use ballistic missile technology for any launch.
It also reiterated to seek a peaceful, diplomatic and political solution to the issues concerned and advocated the renewal of the six-party talks over the denuclearization issue on the Korean Peninsula.
On Dec. 12 last year, the KCNA confirmed that the DPRK launched and orbited the second version of the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite. After the launch, the DPRK has defended its right to launch satellites for peaceful and scientific purposes.
The top US envoy said today the possible nuclear test will be a "supremely unhelpful and retrograde step." Glyn Davies, the US envoy on DPRK policy, arrived in Seoul yesterday as part of his three-nation Asia tour aimed at discussing follow-up actions to expanded UN sanctions on the DPRK over its Dec. 12 satellite launch.
"It will be a mistake and a missed opportunity if they were to do it," the envoy told reporters in reference to a possible third nuclear test by Pyongyang.
"This is not a moment to increase tensions on the Korean peninsula. This is a moment to cease the opportunity that has been out there with the new government in Seoul (and) with the renewed mandate of the president of the United States," he added.
Stressing that the 15-member U.N. body unanimously adopted the resolution, Davies said the move "sends a unified message" to Pyongyang that it should live up to its obligations and abandon its nuclear weapons and missiles.
"Or you will only further isolate your nation and impoverish your people," Davies said in a curt message to the DPRK, while adding that the United States is "still open to authentic and credible negotiations."
Glyn Davies, who is accompanied by Clifford Hart, the chief US envoy for six-party nuclear talks, is scheduled to make stops in China and Japan.
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