N. Korea blasts S. Korea-US defense talks on WMD response

North Korea has denounced recent defense talks between South Korea and the United States aimed at countering the country's weapons of mass destruction (WMD), state media reported. The North's defense ministry spokesperson criticized the talks held last Thursday, stating that the allies agreed to establish a system to share information on North Korea's WMD.

The spokesperson accused the talks of being an "open declaration of confrontation" that would make the use of nuclear and biochemical weapons against North Korea a "fait accompli." The spokesperson also warned that such a threat of WMD attack and use by the enemy against North Korea may require the latter to invoke relevant provisions of the law on the state nuclear force policy.

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