PYONGYANG, March 9 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) late Thursday rejected a statement by the United Nations Security Council that condemned the nation's ballistic missile launch earlier this week.
In a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency, a spokesman for the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA) said, "there is no country in the world whose army responsible for the defense of the state takes into account the approval of the UN or article of the international convention when staging exercises."
"We have never acknowledged the illegal 'resolution' cooked up by the U.S. and its vassal forces," said the KPA.
The "largest-ever nuclear war drills against the north" held by Washington and Seoul "are finding fault with the regular and just drill of the KPA for defending sovereignty," said the statement.
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