North Korea Admits Nuclear Arsenal

orth Korea’s disguise of its nuclear capabilities has always served as the rogue state’s only playing card in negotiations with the US. Today, the state publicized its possession of “powerful military counter-measures, including nuclear weapons" for the first time, possibly in reaction to the recent conditional halt of fuel aid by the US, South Korea, the European Union, and Japan. Pyongyang declared that Bush’s “reckless maneuvers” threatened state sovereignty, and demanded that the US sign a non-aggression pact if the nuclear issue was to be resolved. – YaleGlobal