North Korea said Thursday that it plans to carry out a new nuclear test and more long-range rocket launches, all of which it said are a part of a new phase of confrontation with the United States. The North's National Defense Commission said the moves would feed into an "upcoming all-out action" that would target the United States, "the sworn enemy of the Korean people." Carried by the state media, the comments are the latest defiant flourish from the reclusive North Korean regime, whose young leader, Kim Jong Un, has upheld his father's policy of pursuing a military deterrent and shrugging off international pressure.
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U.S. secretary of defense says predicting a North Korean test is difficult
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Pyongyang says it plans a new nuclear test and further long-range rocket launches
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It vows an "all-out action" against the United States, which it calls its "sworn enemy"
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North Korea is upset by a recent U.N. Security Council resolution, an analyst says
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