DPRK: Nuclear weapons pushed by UN sanctions

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Pyongyang says UN imposed sanctions are to blame for its latest push to develop nuclear weapons.

The DPRK announced it was in the final stage of enriching uranium, a process that would give it a second path to making nuclear arms.

In a letter to the UN Security Council, the DPRK said it is reprocessing spent fuel rods and extracted plutonium to make weapons. The country said its latest moves were in response to tighter sanctions.

It blamed the UN Security Council for sanctioning its rocket launch in April and ignoring one by South Korea late last month.