WITH NUCLEAR TESTS IN 2006, 2009, AND 2013–ANOTHER UPCOMING NUCLEAR TEST IN 2015–N KOREA HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND DECLARES THE US RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNIST COUNTRY AS PART OF AN ELITE CRAZED NUCLEAR STATE

North Korea claimed through its state-controlled media Saturday that the United States has recognized it as a nuclear weapons state, a claim that has never been acknowledged by Washington.

Rodong Sinmun, an official newspaper of the North's ruling Communist Party of Korea, said in an editorial that the United States is reluctantly moving to accept Pyongyang as a nuclear power.

The editorial, carried by the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), said that the Communist country, in reality, has nuclear weapons, whether other countries recognize it or not.

After carrying out underground nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013, North Korea has openly declared itself as a nuclear weapons state and is now demanding that the U.S. and other countries accept it as a fact.

The United States, South Korea, Japan and other regional players have refused to comply with the North's demand, saying that their position on the matter won't change.

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