North Korea says it will conduct a nuclear test

WASHINGTON -- Rejecting U.S. disarmament demands, North Korea saidThursday it will prove to the world that it possesses nuclear weaponsby carrying out a nuclear test, a U.S. government official said.

At a six-nation meeting in China that included the United States,North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Yong Il also said, accordingto the U.S. official, that his country has the means to delivernuclear weapons, an apparent reference to its highly developedmissile program.

The State Department declined comment on the deliberations inBeijing except to reiterate that the U.S. goal at the conference isto focus on "the complete, verifiable and irreversible elimination"of …

North Korea says it will conduct a nuclear test

WASHINGTON -- Rejecting U.S. disarmament demands, North Korea saidThursday it will prove to the world that it possesses nuclear weaponsby carrying out a nuclear test, a U.S. government official said.

At a six-nation meeting in China that included the United States,North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Yong Il also said, accordingto the U.S. official, that his country has the means to delivernuclear weapons, an apparent reference to its highly developedmissile program.

The State Department declined comment on the deliberations inBeijing except to reiterate that the U.S. goal at the conference isto focus on "the complete, verifiable and irreversible elimination"of …