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N. Korea pledges not to abandon nukes for 'petty' economic aid
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea vowed Friday not to give up nuclear arms for "petty economic aid," claiming it has only developed them to counter what it called U.S. nuclear threats.
The North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the reason the communist country pursued nuclear arms is not to bargain them for economic benefits but to counter "the deepening U.S. nuclear threats."
"We have tightened our belts, braved various difficulties and spent countless (amounts of) money to obtain a nuclear deterrent as a self-defense measure against U.S. nuclear threats," the KCNA said in an editorial monitored in Seoul.
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