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North Korea has threatened to carry out nuclear missile tests unless the UN apologises for its condemnation of a recent rocket launch by Pyongyang.North Korea has threatened to carry out nuclear missile tests unless the UN apologises for its condemnation of a recent rocket launch by Pyongyang.
The foreign ministry said it would otherwise "take self-defence measures, including nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests".The foreign ministry said it would otherwise "take self-defence measures, including nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests".
The Security Council denounced the 5 April rocket launch and called for a tightening of sanctions.The Security Council denounced the 5 April rocket launch and called for a tightening of sanctions.
North Korea conducted its first and only nuclear test in 2006.North Korea conducted its first and only nuclear test in 2006.
The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on three North Korean companies in response to the missile launch, which critics said was a cover for a long-range missile test.The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on three North Korean companies in response to the missile launch, which critics said was a cover for a long-range missile test.
Pyongyang said it would ignore the sanctions, describing them as "a wanton violation of the UN charter". Pyongyang has insisted it put a communications satellite in orbit, and said it would ignore the sanctions, describing them as "a wanton violation of the UN charter".
In response, the North pulled out of negotiations on its denuclearisation and ejected all international monitors from the country. Nuclear plant
Earlier this week Pyongyang announced that it had started re-processing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant. The foreign ministry said the UN should apologise for "infringing" the country's sovereignty and retract "all its resolutions and decisions" against it.
It also announced plans to build a light-water nuclear reactor, according to the statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
The North pulled out of international negotiations on its denuclearisation and ejected all monitors from the country, following the tightening of sanctions earlier this month.
Pyongyang has since announced that it has started re-processing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant.
The reprocessing is a possible move towards producing weapons-grade plutonium.The reprocessing is a possible move towards producing weapons-grade plutonium.
North Korea had partially dismantled its nuclear reactor under a deal meted out at six-party talks that include both Koreas, China, Japan and Russia and the US.