North Korea Clarifies Statement on A-Bomb

A North Korean weekend radio broadcast presented by South Korean news agency Yonhap confirmed strong suspicions that North Korea possesses nuclear weapons: Or so we thought. With governmental clarification on Tuesday that depended on the translation of one Korean syllable, the North Korean government stated not that it possessed nuclear weapons, but that in light of U.S. imperialist threats, it was entitled to their possession. "To safeguard our sovereignty and right to exist, we are entitled to have powerful military countermeasures, including nuclear weapons," the passage was clarified to read. - YaleGlobal