Another BS message from the propaganda department...

N. Korea claims int'l recognition as nuke weapons state with 3rd test

North Korea said Thursday its third nuclear test earlier this month forced the international community to recognize it as a "strategic rocket and nuclear weapons state."

"The underground nuclear test...represented a great political and military victory as it made the international community confidently recognize the status of (North Korea) as a strategic rocket and nuclear weapons state," the country's military leadership said in a message carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

It added that the Feb. 12 test, which was carried out in the wake of the country's rocket launch in December that successfully put a satellite into orbit, "brought about a fundamental change in the world political structure and the balance of forces."
[link to english.kyodonews.jp]
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