14:55, 08 May 2009 | GMT +5
Pyongyang vows to bolster nuclear deterrent
BEIJING. May 8. KAZINFORM. North Korea announced on Friday it would keep strengthening its nuclear deterrent if the United States did not abandon its hostile policies toward Pyongyang, the Xinhua news agency said; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

"Our country would keep bolstering its nuclear deterrent as it had already clarified," a Foreign Ministry spokesman told North Korea's official KCNA news agency, Xinhua reported.
The official condemned the joint U.S.-South Korean exercises in March and insisted that the new U.S. administration made it clear that the U.S. hostile policy toward North Korea remains unchanged.
North Korea also said it would conduct further nuclear tests and rocket launches to ensure its security and defense capability; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.