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North Korea threatens South with ‘final destruction’ at U.N. talks

North Korea threatened South Korea with “final destruction” at a United Nations conference on disarmament on Tuesday.

North Korean diplomat Jon Yong Ryong claimed at the meeting that the nation had just taken a “resolute step for self-defense” against its “foreign aggressor,” Reuters reported. “If the U.S. takes a hostile approach toward the DPRK to the last, rendering the situation complicated, [North Korea] will be left with no option but to take the second and third stronger steps in succession,” he said, according to Reuters.


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South Korea, Britain and the United States condemned the statements.

British ambassador Joanne Adamson called North Korea’s language “completely inappropriate,” Reuters said. Ambassador Susan Rice, meanwhile, said: “It cannot be allowed that we have expressions which refer to the possible destruction of U.N. member states.”

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Cheryl K. Chumley

Cheryl Chumley is a continuous news writer for The Washington Times. Previously, she was part of the start-up team for The Washington Times’ digital aggregation product, Times247. She’s also a 2008-2009 Robert Novak journalism fellow with The Phillips Foundation. She can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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