North Korea says ‘hostile’ U.S. policies forcing it to take ‘additional measures’ to demonstrate ‘nuclear deterrent’

news.nationalpost.com North Korea accused the United States Monday of undermining the prospect of improved relations with South Korea and the revival of six-party talks on its nuclear program by escalating “hostile” military activity and policies. Pyongyang’s deputy UN ambassador Ri Tong Il said at a news conference that the North’s nuclear weapons are not a “political bargaining chip.” He warned that as long as the U.S. continues “nuclear blackmails” North Korea will continue to take “additional measures” — which he refused to disclose — “in order to demonstrate the power of the self-defensive nuclear deterrent.”