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Thursday, April 09, 2009

North Korea Vows ‘Strong Steps’ If UN Censures Launch


North Korea warned it will take “strong steps” if the United Nations Security Council censures the communist state over its long-range rocket launch.

Pak Tok Hun, the country’s deputy ambassador to the UN, said yesterday his nation had every right to fire a satellite into space and shouldn’t be punished.

“Every country has the right, the inalienable right to use the air space peacefully,” Pak told reporters in New York. If the Security Council takes “any kind of steps whatever, we’ll consider this infringes upon the sovereignty of our country and the next option will be ours.”

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