North Korea says it is a 'nuclear power,' threatens to harm U.S. if attacked

Jun 22nd, 2009 - Dallasnews

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SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea boasted that it has become a "proud nuclear power" and threatened today to harm the U.S. if attacked, as tensions mounted over a possible crackdown on exports of suspected missile parts from the North.

South Korea's YTN news network reported that a U.S. Navy destroyer was tailing a North Korean ship suspected of carrying missiles and related parts toward Myanmar in what could be the first test of new U.N. sanctions against the North over its nuclear test.

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