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While there are speculations that North Korea may conduct a nuclear test as early as tomorrow (10th), the White House has warned that it will respond strongly if it tests a nuclear weapon.

He also delivered a message to North Korea to hold dialogue without conditions.

South and North Korea have been in a war of nerves at the UN General Assembly over North Korea's missile launch.



Correspondent Kim Jong-won from New York.



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At the UN General Assembly held today, the United States revealed that it had delivered an unofficial message to North Korea asking for unconditional dialogue.



[Jeffrey DeLorentis/Deputy US Ambassador to the United Nations: A message was delivered to North Korea through an unofficial channel, and the message included a letter written by a high-level US official to a high-level North Korean official.



] The U.S. explained that it was delivered in writing through a person and contained specific proposals.



At today's UN General Assembly, North and South Korea were fiercely confronted over North Korea's missile launch.



Ambassador Cho Hyeon of the UN mission to the United Nations criticized North Korea's repeated ballistic missile launches with the strongest tone and emphasized the fact that 13 Security Council member states, excluding China and Russia, supported sanctions against North Korea.



[Cho Hyun/Ambassador to the United Nations: North Korea must engage in dialogue through complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization (CVID) for peace on the Korean Peninsula.]



In response, North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Seong poured out criticisms of the United States. I paid.



[North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Seong/Ambassador to the United Nations: (Attempting to adopt a resolution by the United States) is an illegal act that violates the UN Charter and international law, and we firmly reject and criticize it.]



Although I did not directly mention South Korea, I They called it a vassal state of the United States and criticized it fiercely.



[Kim Seong/North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations: The most fundamental threat is the tyranny and arbitrary acts of the United States and its dependents.]



Meanwhile, China and Russia have urged sanctions relief on North Korea.