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North Korea has legally enshrined its status as a nuclear-armed state, with its leadership repeatedly declaring the country's atomic arsenal permanent and irreversible.
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arsenal → enshrine → state
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the test of a "new-type weapon" system, touting it as evidence of the country's advancing military technology, state media reported on Tuesday.
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media → oversee → Tuesday
The announcement came two days after South Korea and Japan said Pyongyang launched two short-range ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast, which the countries condemned as threats to regional peace and security.
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countries → come → peace
North Korea has legally enshrined its status as a nuclear-armed state, with its leadership repeatedly declaring the country's atomic arsenal permanent and irreversible.
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arsenal → enshrine → state
The nuclear-armed country's missile bureau "successfully tested a new type of weapon" in the presence of its leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday, Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
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Pyongyang did not specify what the weapon system entailed, but said Kim praised the launch as an "undoubtedly a striking demonstration of ultra-modern defence technology."
The North Korean leader warned that the advances would give adversaries "an incurable headache and a very cruel and unavoidable blow," KCNA said.
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The Sunday launches came eight days after North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, as part of what it later described as a joint firepower drill.
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That exercise involved long-range artillery and missiles, with the weapons "hitting the targets with 100 percent accuracy," state media reported.
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In the Tuesday report from KCNA, Kim linked Sunday's test to the country's military preparedness, saying "to acquire such a technology is of weighty significance in the state's readiness for war and the future development of the armed forces."
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Seoul condemned the launches as a violation of UN Security Council resolutions and urged Pyongyang to halt its ballistic missile activities.
Japan lodged a "stern protest" with North Korea over the launches, calling them as a threat to regional peace and security.
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Last week, Pyongyang rejected a resolution adopted at the International Atomic Energy Agency demanding it halt its nuclear activities, saying its nuclear weapons status was "irreversibly and permanently fixed" by its laws.
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North Korea's foreign ministry spokesperson said the IAEA resolution "has no effect on the DPRK's position as a nuclear weapons statem" using the acronym for North Korea's official name.
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Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader, recently said the country's nuclear-armed status was "absolute" and called those hoping for its denuclearisation "idiots."
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