Nukes treasured sword against hostile US policy: North Korea

The comments came days after the US National Security Advisor Tom Donilon said Washington was willing to hold authentic negotiations with the North if it changed its behaviour. To get the assistance it desperately needs 8230;,North Korea will have to change course, he said last week.

But the North on Sunday called its atomic weaponry a treasured sword to protect itself from what it called a hostile US policy. The US temptation may work on other countries but it sounds nonsensical to the North,the foreign ministry statement said. The North would like to re-clarify its unshakeable principled stand on its nuclear deterrence for self-defence.