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S. Korea's Moves for Nuclear Weaponization under Fire

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, October 6 (KCNA) -- South Korea's double-dealing nature as regards the nuclear issue has been laid bare by the recent disclosure of a series of its secret nuclear experiments. It is now arousing protest and condemnation at home and abroad. In this regard, Rodong Sinmun Wednesday says in a signed commentary:
    Since the disclosure of their moves to develop nuclear weapons, the south Korean authorities have employed cheap tricks to shirk off the responsibility for them, asserting that those are mere scientific experiments. But they are, in fact, clandestine nuclear-related experiments including uranium enrichment aimed at extracting weapon-grade nuclear substance. This is a clear proof that the activities to develop nuclear weapons have been conducted in a systematic and premeditated manner in south Korea.
    Today south Korea has basic index for nuclear weaponization including extraction of nuclear substance, production of nukes, possession of means of nuclear delivery and stepped-up preparations for a nuclear war and all this has been put under an integral system.
    The reality clearly shows which force is really threatening peace on the Korean peninsula and the national security with nukes.
    It is a well-known fact that south Korea is under the protection of the U.S. nuclear umbrella. So, its moves for nuclear weaponization indicate that it is emerging an independent force to pose a nuclear threat to the north in the Korean peninsula. Moreover, the "prerogative of command" over the armed forces of south Korea is in the hands of the U.S. after being deprived of its sovereignty under U.S. harsh domination. It is, therefore, as clear as a noonday that if south Korea has access to nuclear weapons, they would be used against the fellow countrymen at the instruction of the U.S. keen to stifle the DPRK. The ever-increasing danger of a nuclear war to the Korean peninsula is being posed by none other than the U.S. and south Korea.
    The truth about the secret nuclear-related experiments in south Korea gravely threatening the security of the Korean peninsula with nukes should be probed completely and thoroughly.
    The south Korean authorities should clarify the truth about their nuclear issue before raising a hue and cry over other's nuclear issue mindful that the development of the inter-Korean relations can hardly be expected unless the truth behind their secret nuclear experiments are probed.