Summary North Korea says its nuclear program is a response to US hostility.
SEOUL (AP) - North Korea is vowing to cancel the 1953 Korean War cease-fire because of sanctions and ongoing US-South Korean joint military drills.
North Korea s Korean People s Army Supreme Command made the statement Tuesday amid reports that Washington and North Korean ally Beijing have approved a draft of punishing resolutions that is expected to be circulated among UN Security Council members this week.
North Korea s latest nuclear test on Feb. 12 was its third. The United States and others worry that North Korea is pushing closer toward its goal of having nuclear-armed missiles that can reach America.
North Korea says its nuclear program is a response to US hostility. The 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the Korean Peninsula still technically in a state of war.
