North Korea Responds to UN Sanctions with Threats

North Korea threatened Saturday to take military action if the United States or its allies try to enforce a blockade imposed Friday by the United Nations Security Council.

The North's official Korean Central News Agency quotes its Foreign Ministry as saying it will begin a uranium enrichment program and weaponize all the plutonium in its possession.

The ministry says it will not abandon its nuclear program, adding that it has already reprocessed a third of its used fuel rods.

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