North Korea demands an apology from the UN Security Council for condemning its recent rocket launch, and threatens to carry out further nuclear tests in response to UN sanctions. A committee of the UN Security Council also earlier imposed sanctions on three firms linked to the North Korean military for alleged involvement in the recent launch of a long-range rocket.
Almost three years after the first North Korean nuclear test which sparked a serious international crisis on October 9, 2006, Pyongyang could conduct a second nuclear test in the coming months which is said to possibly take place in July. In October 2006, North Korea conducted a nuclear test, three months after the launch of seven missiles that included a Taepodong-2 long range. The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1718, dated October 14, 2006, which imposed trade sanctions on North Korea.
Moreover, the communist regime recently announced that it intends to test a ballistic missile of intercontinental range as one of the measures taken in self-defense ‘to protect the interests of the republic,’ said a spokesman for the North Korean Foreign Ministry.
Also, the construction of a light water reactor to produce nuclear power is expected to re-launch the country’s uranium-enrichment program.
North Korea has also announced that it has reprocessed nuclear fuel rods at its main atomic facility to extract plutonium. South Korean official sources believe that North Korea could produce one or two atomic bombs with plutonium extracted from 8,000 nuclear fuel rods stored at the plant.
Via Telegraph.co.uk
