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PYONGYANG,
Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday
that the country remained unchanged in its will to denuclearize the peninsula
through dialogue and negotiation, despite this week testing a nuclear weapon.
He said that the denuclearization of the Korean
Peninsula was late President Kim Il Sung's last instruction and an ultimate goal
of the DPRK.
"The DPRK has exerted every possible effort to settle
the nuclear issue through dialogue and negotiations, prompted by its sincere
desire to realize the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," he said.
The DPRK would "feel no need" to possess a single
nuclear weapon if the United States "dropped its hostile policy toward the DPRK"
and "confidence" was built between the two countries, said the spokesman.
As the DPRK had already pulled out of the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), it was no longer bound by international law, he
said, adding that it was "an indication of the disturbing moves" by the United
States to "impose collective sanctions" on the DPRK through the U.N. Security
Council.
The DPRK was ready for dialogue and consultation, the
spokesman said. But the DPRK would continue to "take physical countermeasures"
if the United States increased pressure upon it.
The DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency
announced on Monday that the country had conducted a successful underground
nuclear test, which has drawn the universal opposition of the international
community.
The issue of the DPRK's reported nuclear test is
still under discussion in the U.N. Security Council. Enditem
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PYONGYANG, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK) will consider U.S. policy toward the country the main
factor for determining whether to conduct more nuclear tests and whether to
return to the six-party talks, the DPRK's No. 2 leader said on Wednesday. Full Story
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DPRK over nuclear test
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W.
Bush, at a press conference held in the Rose Garden Wednesday, warned the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over its claimed nuclear test while
reaffirming his commitment to diplomacy. Full Story
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test
PARIS, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- French Defence Minister Michele
Alliot-Marie said on Wednesday that the test explosion of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was either non-nuclear or a failure due to its
relatively low intensity. Full Story
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