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North Korea defends pursuit of nuclear weapons.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Michael Dorgan
BEIJING _ North Korea on Monday derided U.S. demands that it end its pursuit of nuclear weapons and dismissed as "senseless" U.S. concern that it might sell nuclear devices or materials to terrorists or use them to attack its neighbors.
"It is utterly groundless that our nuclear deterrent poses a `threat' to somebody," the Rodong Sinmun, the Communist party's flagship newspaper, said in a commentary, according to North Korea's official KCNA news agency.
"Unless someone provokes the DPRK, its nuclear deterrent will remain unused," said the newspaper, referring to the initials of the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
In a separate blast, North Korea's Foreign Ministry made fun of U.S. demands that it abandon its nuclear program. "They promise not to shoot and we are supposed to lay down ...
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