N. Korea says it will conduct nuke tests regularly

N. Korea says it will conduct nuke tests regularly

NEW YORK, United States - Ri Tong Il, North Korea's deputy ambassador to the UN, delivers a speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on May 7, 2014, revealing a plan to conduct nuclear tests more regularly for defense purposes, probably every year.

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