North Korea Threatens Nuclear Test

Seems like the North Koreans are up to their usual behavior. First we had the missile launch, then we had the Euna Lee and Laura Ling, now these threats.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Wednesday threatened to conduct a nuclear test and also to test an intercontinental ballistic missile unless the U.N. Security Council apologizes for imposing sanctions against it.

The North's foreign ministry spokesman, in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency, also demanded the Security Council withdraw all resolutions against the state for previous missile and nuclear tests.

"Unless the U.N. Security Council immediately apologizes, we will have no choice but to take inevitable additional self defense measures to protect the Republic's highest interest," the spokesman said.

"This will include a nuclear test and a test of a intercontinental ballistic missile."

The South Korean and Chinese foreign ministries had no immediate comment.

The Security Council imposed sanctions on North Korea following a ballistic missile launch in July 2006 and a nuclear test a few months later.