A North Korean walks through an underpass at a newly constructed development project in the Mansu Hill area of Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, June 16, 2012.
(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
NKorea accuses Clinton of 'reckless' criticism
A North Korean walks through an underpass at a newly constructed development project in the Mansu Hill area of Pyongyang, North Korea on Saturday, June 16, 2012.
(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
June 17, 2012
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PYONGYANG, North Korea—North Korea is criticizing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for what it calls her "reckless" criticism of its human rights record.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Sunday that the North's arms industry now has the capacity to "steadily boost its nuclear deterrent" and will do so as long as Washington maintains a hostile policy.
Clinton said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un must improve life for what she called his oppressed people or face a backlash.
Animosity is high after a North Korean rocket launch in April that Washington and Seoul called a cover for a test of banned long-range missile technology. North Korea says it planned to put a satellite into orbit.
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