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North Korea vows to respond to UN condemnation as a 'power'

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North Korea is calling a UN Security Council statement strongly condemning its four latest ballistic missile launches "a hostile act" perpetrated by the United States and is vowing to respond "as a full-fledged military power."

A Foreign Ministry statement sent to UN correspondents today reiterated a warning that the US "rash act" of finding fault with the North's latest missile firing from a submarine on August 24 "would only precipitate its self-destruction." A press statement approved Friday night by all 15 Security Council members, including North Korea ally China, called the four launches in July and August "grave violations" of a ban on all ballistic missile activity.
 

North Korea's Foreign Ministry accused the US of instigating the statement to deter the country's "legitimate right to self-defense.

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First Published: Aug 29 2016 | 10:28 PM IST

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