DPRK's UN Ambassador Pak Gil Yon (R) addresses the United Nations Security Council after the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Saturday imposing sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for its recent nuclear test at the UN headquarters in New York, Oct. 14, 2006.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) "totally rejects" a resolution unanimously adopted Saturday by the UN Security Council on its nuclear test, the DPRK's UN Ambassador Pak Gil Yon said Saturday.

    Addressing the council members after the resolution was adopted, Pak criticized the council of adopting "a coercive resolution while neglecting the nuclear threat and moves for sanctions and pressure of the United States against the DPRK."

    "The DPRK is ready for both dialogue and confrontation," Pak said. "If the United States increases pressure upon the DPRK persistently, the DPRK will continue to take physical countermeasures, considering it as a declaration of a war."

    He said the DPRK's nuclear test was entirely attributable to the U.S. nuclear threat, sanctions and pressure.

    Pak said that "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 accused Washington of responding "to the DPRK's patient and sincere efforts and magnanimity with the policy of sanctions and blockade."

    Pak said his country "was compelled to substantially prove its possession of nukes to protect its sovereignty and right to existence from the daily increasing danger of war from the United States."

    The denuclearization of the entire peninsula is an ultimate goal of the DPRK, he added.

    The DPRK would "abandon nukes" when it is no longer exposed to the U.S. threat after it has dropped its hostile policy and confidence has been built between the two countries, Pak said. Enditem

    Int'l community welcomes UN resolution against DPRK

    BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The International community welcomed the resolution unanimously adopted on Saturday by the United Nations (UN) Security Council on imposing sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for its recent nuclear test.

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    UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Thursday introduced a new draft resolution mandating sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for its nuclear test.

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    TOKYO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government approved early Friday an additional set of economic sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), including a total ban on all imports from the country, which will be effective for six months beginning on Saturday, Kyodo News reported.

    U.S. detects radioactivity from DPRK nuclear test: official

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Radioactivity has been detected from a nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, said a U.S. government official on Friday.

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