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North Korea delivers ultimatum to U.S., blames 'hostile policy'

By Elizabeth Shim
A Chinese man looks at photos of North Korea's leaders posted outside the North Korean embassy in Beijing. North Korea delivered a warning to the United States on Wednesday. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI
A Chinese man looks at photos of North Korea's leaders posted outside the North Korean embassy in Beijing. North Korea delivered a warning to the United States on Wednesday. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo

SEOUL, May 25 (UPI) -- North Korea claimed that it has entered an era of nuclear power status and warned the United States against its "hostile" policy.

In a message from Pyongyang's National Defense Commission's policy bureau, North Korea stated that the United States "should look straight at the strategic position and general trends of our republic, and banish its anachronistic hostile [North Korea] policy."

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The announcement from KCNA also stated that this is the "last warning" from Songun, or military-first, Korea.

North Korea went on to say that U.S. policy is the result of ignorance that relies on the "law of the jungle."

"This is because the United States has not changed in the slightest in its ambition to conquer the world," Pyongyang said in the statement, adding U.S. policy accelerates a vision of the "most tragic final end."

But there is hope, North Korea suggested, if the United States is able to look beyond past and present ways of dealing with Pyongyang, CBS No Cut News reported.

The message did not appear to contain any specific references to the joint military exercises on the peninsula or sanctions.

Washington has repeatedly said it is open to talks with North Korea, provided Pyongyang is committed to verifiable denuclearization.

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Kim Jong Un showed no interest in giving up his nuclear weapons at the Seventh Party Congress, and insisted the world accept North Korea as a "responsible nuclear weapons state."

Following the adoption of heavy sanctions at the United Nations Security Council in March, the U.S. State Department has urged member states to apply the embargoes, and to expel North Korean diplomats engaging in illegal activities.

The State Department's East Asia-Pacific spokeswoman, Katina Adams, recently said North Korean diplomats continue to import alcohol illegally into Pakistan, Voice of America reported.

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