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North Korea's news agency has warned the United States that it might bolster its so-called "self-defense" program, just as a key condition for nuclear disarmament appears to be nearly met.
The KCNA news agency today (Friday) accused the U.S. of escalating an arms race with what it called a plan to build a global missile defense program.
North Korea has refused to honor a February nuclear disarmament agreement to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactors until it receives funds that have been frozen for months in a Macau bank.
The bank has released the funds, but it is unclear whether they have been completely transferred to a North Korean account in a Russian bank.
As the fund transfer process went on Friday, South Korea's top nuclear negotiator (Chun Yung-woo) said that the path to disarming North Korea's nuclear weapons will be more difficult than resolving a banking issue.