North Korea vows to bolster war deterrence amid concerns about possible 3rd nuclear test

Published January 13, 2015

North Korea is vowing to strengthen its war defenses amid concerns the country may conduct a third nuclear test.

Citing U.S. hostility, Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry said Monday without elaborating that the country will "continue to strengthen its deterrence against all forms of war."

A ministry memorandum carried by the Korean Central News Agency urged the U.S. to dismantle a U.N. command that oversees an armistice signed at the close of the Korean War in 1953.

North Korea claims the right to build atomic weapons to protect itself against U.S. threats. Monday's memorandum comes amid worries Pyongyang may follow a December rocket launch with a nuclear test.

Pyongyang carried out atomic tests in 2006 and 2009 weeks after being slapped with U.N. Security Council condemnation and sanctions for similar rocket launches.

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