North Korea dismisses UN nuclear watchdog resolution

The North Korean Foreign Ministry has dismissed a resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that criticises Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. The ministry said on Saturday that its status as a nuclear power is irreversible and backed by its nuclear deterrent, according to a statement released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). In a separate statement to KCNA, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, accused the nuclear watchdog of double standards. The IAEA’s “biased viewpoint and double standards” are “the fundamental factor causing the collapse of the international nuclear non-proliferation system”, she said.