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SEOUL ? North Korea said Thursday that it would "physically display its nuclear deterrent force," South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
The remark by an unnamed spokesman of North Korea's Foreign Ministry could be an indication that the North intends to test a nuclear bomb.
"When the time comes, the DPRK will take steps to physically display its nuclear deterrent force," the North Korean spokesman told Pyongyang's state-run news agency KCNA.
DPRK stands for North Korea's official name, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
For weeks, North Korea has said that it was building up its "nuclear deterrent force," a term the North uses to refer to its nuclear weapons program.
U.S. intelligence officials believe that North Korea already has one or two nuclear bombs and may be building more.
On Thursday, KCNA quoted the North Korean spokesman as saying that his country has "no other option but to continue to take steps to keep and increase its nuclear deterrent force as a self-defence measure," fearing it may be next on the U.S. list for invasion after Iraq.