North Korea accuses US of using its nukes as excuse

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea accused the United States on Thursday of using the North’s nuclear program as an excuse to mask its own opposition to banning nuclear weapons.
Ri Song Chol, a counsellor at North Korea’s U.N. mission, told The Associated Press that the United States drove his country to make and possess nuclear weapons to defend itself against any American aggression.
He said the United States was the first country to use nuclear weapons — against Japan d