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After a recent report said the isolated nation's nuclear weapons arsenal was breaching international law, North Korea has accused the UN agency responsible for controlling atomic energy of being a puppet of hostile countries.
After a recent report said the isolated nation's nuclear weapons arsenal was breaching international law, North Korea has accused the UN agency responsible for controlling atomic energy of being a puppet of hostile countries.
Since abandoning the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2003, Pyongyang has steadily developed an atomic arsenal and has tested many nuclear bombs in the years since.
North Korea 's military has made rapid progress in its nuclear arms and ballistic missile programs since Kim Jong Un took over from his father as the country's supreme leader, and has been subjected to increasingly strict international sanctions as a result.
On Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose inspectors have not been authorized to access the country for more than a decade, said that the Pyongyang arms program was "deeply regrettable."
The nuclear activities of North Korea "remain a source of serious concern", "Agency Leader Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a report to the U.N. Assembly-General.
Pyongyang's representative to the United Nations. Hit back later in the same forum, telling other diplomats that "grossly distorted" was the IAEA report.
“The IAEA is no more than a political tool of the Western countries,” he said, adding that the body was “a marionette dancing to the tune of the hostile forces” against North Korea.
After the failure of a summit between Kim and President Donald Trump in Hanoi early last year, nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the United States have been deadlocked.
North Korea widely believed in the UNGA talks to have continued to improve its arsenal-which it claims it wants to defend itself from a U.S. invasion.
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