North Korea makes threat after missed nuclear date

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Source: Reuters

North Korea said on Friday it would boost its war deterrent, a day after the United States said it was sending its nuclear envoy back to Asia to discuss an atomic disarmament deal on which Pyongyang has missed a deadline.

North Korea failed to fully account for its nuclear weapons program or answer U.S. suspicions that it has secretly tried to enrich uranium for weapons. It was supposed to have made the declaration by the end of 2007.

"(We) will further strengthen our war deterrent capabilities in response to U.S. attempts to initiate nuclear war," the prickly state's communist party newspaper Rodong Sinmun said in a commentary.

The North, with one of the world's largest standing armies, usually threatens to bolster its deterrent, often taken to be a reference to its nuclear arsenal, when it feels international powers are not treating it properly

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[Hugabear]

1. Only an idiot like * could keep fucking this up

The fucking idiot refuses to engage the North Koreans in unilateral talks. Instead, he acts like a goddamned school boy, using someone else as a go-between. No wonder the North Koreans don't respect us.

[Eugene]

2. Nuclear declaration submitted, says North Korea

Source: Reuters

Nuclear declaration submitted, says North Korea
Fri Jan 4, 2008 8:55am EST

By Yoo Choonsik and Jon Herskovitz

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it had
already given an account of its nuclear arms program as
required under an international disarmament deal, while
separately threatening to boost its "war deterrent".

The U.S. State Department said a few days ago that
North Korea had not meet an end of 2007 deadline to
provide a full list of its nuclear arms program, as it
was obliged to by the deal it struck with regional
powers earlier in the year.

"We have already drawn up a nuclear report in November
and have notified the United States of it," the North's
KCNA news agency quoted an unnamed Foreign Ministry
spokesman as saying.

"As far as the nuclear declaration on which wrong
opinion is being built up by some quarters is concerned,
the DPRK (North Korea) has done what it should do."

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[Eugene]

3. U.S. says "still waiting" for N.Korea nuclear report

Source: Reuters

U.S. says "still waiting" for N.Korea nuclear report
Fri Jan 4, 2008 11:10am EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has not provided a
full account of its nuclear program despite Pyongyang's
statement asserting it already made a declaration required
under a disarmament deal, U.S. officials said on Friday.

"Unfortunately, we have not yet received a complete and
correct declaration and we urge North Korea to deliver one
soon so that we can all get the benefits offered in the
six-party process," White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe
told reporters.

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