North Korea Says It Has Nuclear Weapons

North Korea Says It Has Nuclear Weapons
Two South Korean soldiers patrol at the Imjingak Pavilion near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005. North Korean Foreign Ministry announced Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005 in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, for the first time that it has nuclear weapons and rejected moves to restart disarmament talks any time soon, saying it needs the armaments as protection against an increasingly hostile United States. The statement was North Korea's first public acknowledgement that it has nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)