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Korean foreign ministry creates materials to justify nuclear-armed status to allies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid speculation about when North Korea will conduct a seventh nuclear test, the country&#8217;s foreign ministry is drawing up explanatory materials to explain to friendly nations such as Russia and China its justifications for possessing nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The development suggests North Korea intends to win support for its nuclear-armed status from nations hostile to the US, while at the same time strengthening solidarity with anti\u2013American nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a high-ranking Daily NK source in North Korea on Tuesday, the foreign ministry&#8217;s explanatory materials focus on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/act\/2022-10\/news\/north-korea-passes-nuclear-law\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pyongyang\u2019s legislation of its nuclear weapons policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in September and is being written in several languages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The materials are aimed at countries with North Korean embassies and consulates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the materials say that North Korea had \u201cno choice\u201d but to develop nuclear weapons for self-defense to deter war with hostile nations threatening Pyongyang, including the US, and that North Korea would use the nuclear weapons it possesses for international justice and peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The materials also explained that Pyongyang\u2019s status as a nuclear state will help correct the \u201cunfair, Washington-centric world order.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui is reportedly examining the specific copy of the document herself, ordering corrections and additions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, as soon as North Korea finishes composing the explanatory materials, the country plans to convey them \u2014 through military attaches and diplomats dispatched overseas \u2014 to diplomats and defense-related officials in countries that host North Korean diplomatic legations with a view to explain Pyongyang\u2019s position on the nuclear issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, North Korea is drawing up plans to complete efforts to explain the legitimacy of its nuclear status prior to the Lunar New Year holiday next January, the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>N. KOREA LOOKS TO FINE-TUNE TIMING OF SEVENTH NUCLEAR TEST<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea\u2019s creation of the explanatory materials and its efforts to explain the justification of its nuclear policy to friendly nations suggests that the country is fine-tuning the timing of its seventh nuclear test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, North Korea may conduct a seventh nuclear test as soon as it confirms the support of major friendly nations such as China and Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK understands that high-ranking cadres in North Korea say the country needs to conduct a seventh nuclear test to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-preparations-nuclear-test-appear-nearing-completion\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">achieve the state\u2019s five-year plan for the development of the defense sciences<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, they claim that the test must be held by the end of the year, or at least before next January\u2019s Lunar New Year holiday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on reports from several Daily NK sources inside the country, North Korean authorities appear to be setting next January as the final deadline for carrying out the seventh nuclear test.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, North Korean authorities are openly demanding that the international community recognize North Korea\u2019s status as a nuclear-armed state, calling its status \u201cirreversible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, in an article on the \u201dDynamic Advance of Juche Korea\u201d on Sunday, the Rodong Sinmun stressed that North Korea conducted its largest ever military parade this year. The article further emphasized that the parade showed the whole world the military technology growth and operational capacity of North Korea\u2019s armed forces, and that North Korea\u2019s national status was \u201cirreversible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea\u2019s development of nuclear missiles \u2014 including a seventh nuclear test \u2014 may accelerate if Pyongyang gains the support of major friendly nations for its status as a nuclear-armed state. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20221108-5\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid speculation about when North Korea will conduct a seventh nuclear test, the country&#8217;s foreign ministry is drawing up explanatory materials to explain to friendly nations such as Russia and China its justifications for possessing nuclear weapons. 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