NKorea official, in rare interview, defends nuclear weapons

NKorea official, in rare interview, defends nuclear weapons
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 12, 2009 - A North Korean official Wednesday insisted that his country's communist regime needed to develop nuclear weapons to defend itself against a US nuclear threat, Japan's Kyodo News reported. Ro Jong Su, a director-level researcher at the North Korean foreign ministry, gave a rare interview in Pyongyang to the Japanese news agency in which he reiterated the Stalinist nation's policies. "Nobo ... more

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