North Korea not bound to any treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons: Report

North Korea is not bound to any treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, state media KCNA reported on Thursday, as Pyongyang continues to reject international pressure and sanctions to dismantle its nuclear program. Kim Song, North Korea’s permanent representative to the United Nations, said in a statement that the US and some countries were “tarnishing the atmosphere” at the 11th NPT review conference being held at UN headquarters, bringing up the issue of North Korea’s nuclear weapons, KCNA said.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The position of North Korea as a nuclear weapons state “does not change in accordance with rhetorical assertion or unilateral desire of outsiders,” Kim said.“I denounce and reject in the strongest tone the brigandish and shameless acts of the specific countries including the US which are taking issue with the DPRK’s realistic and just access to nuclear weapons,” said Kim, using the acronym for the

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