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North Korea's Defense Ministry warns of possible nuclear weapons use
A North Korean defense official cited threats from the US and South Korea as justification for potential use of weapons of mass destruction.
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A North Korean defense official cited threats from the US and South Korea as justification for potential use of weapons of mass destruction.

Pyongyang accused the International Atomic Energy Agency of applying "double standards" after the body passed a resolution criticizing its nuclear program.

Russian president names strengthening of the nuclear triad as one of the country's "unconditional priorities," according to state news agency TASS.

Moscow cites Finland's move to join a French nuclear deterrence initiative as a recent example of what it calls troubling Western behavior involving nuclear arms
Kim Kang Il said Pyongyang will "firmly defend peace and stability" on the Korean Peninsula, according to TASS.