NORTH KOREA : North Korea has passed a law declaring it to be a nuclear weapons state, according to state news agency Korean Central News Agency.
Leader Kim Jong-un called the decision ‘irreversible’ and ruled out the possibility of any talks on denuclearisation, it said.
The law also enshrines the country’s right to use a pre-emptive nuclear strike to protect itself.
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