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NEW YORK-North Korea defended the resumption of its nuclear activities at the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday while slamming Japan for being a "war criminal state" and unsuited to becoming a permanent U.N. Security Council member.North Korea has taken counter measures over the nuclear program on the basis of "action for action" as the United States has failed to remove it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, Pak Kil Yon, North Korea's vice minister of foreign affairs, told diplomats at the 63rd General Assembly general debate session. "The U.S. has laid an artificial obstacle to implementing the October 3 agreement by refusing to implement her obligations and put forward such an unjust demand as verification of the 'international standard' never agreed on among the six parties or between the DPRK and the U.S.," Pak said.The six-party talks format is a diplomatic channel being used in attempts to denuclearize the Korean peninsula and involves both Koreas, Japan, China, Russia and the United States.North Korea stopped disablement work at its Yongbyon complex in mid-August. Pak also told the session, "Japan is the only war criminal state that beautifies the history of aggression and massacre of millions of innocent peoples in Korea and other Asian countries.""Such a country should never be allowed for a permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations," he added.Japan's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Norihiro Okuda, called Pyongyang's accusations "groundless.""Japan has been facing up to its past with sincerity and consistency," Okuda said, adding that his country had officially expressed "the sense of remorse and apology" many times since the end of World War II.Okuda pointed out that Japan had served nine times as a non permanent member of the Security Council and was dedicated to "making positive contributions to international peace and security."Meanwhile, North Korea also took a shot at Seoul, claiming that current inter-Korea relations have "been worsening" since President Lee Myung Bak took office in February vowing to adopt a tough policy on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions and its human rights record.http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93FFVLO0&show_article=1&catnum=0
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