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March 5, 2013

U.S., China Agree on U.N. Rebuke of North Korean Nuke Test 
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The United STates and China have reportedly reached agreement on a new
United Nations Security Council measure punishing North Korea for its
recent nuclear test. Talks on the measure are scheduled for today. North
Korea drew international condemnation when it carried out the test, its
third, last month. At the White House, Press Secretary Jay Carney
dismissed the visit of former professional basketball player Dennis
Rodman to North Korea over the weekend. Rodman said North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un told him he wants a phone call with President Obama.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney: "The United States has direct
channels of communications with the DPRK and instead of spending money
on celebrity sporting events to entertain the elites of that country the
North Korean regime should focus on the well-being of it's own people
who have been starved, imprisoned, and denied their human rights. We
have urged the North Korean leadership to heed President Obama's call to
choose the path of peace and come into compliance with it's
international obligations."

Earlier today, North Korea said it would scrap its 1953 armistice with
South Korea if the South continues its annual military drills with the
United States.

 

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