North Korea rejects U.N. statement, six-party talks

April 13, 2009

North Korea rejects U.N. statement, six-party talks

Per Market Watch, North Korea condemned the latest statement from the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday and stated it will break off six-party talks and restart its nuclear program.

Initial reaction from Twitterers in East Asia showed that some were surprised by the developments and others were not:

XIEZIJIE (Ningbo, China) RT @BreakingNews: BULLETIN -- NORTH KOREA SAYS IT WILL BOYCOTT SIX-PARTY TALKS.！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！ 14 Apr 2009 from twhirl

klustout (Hong Kong) NKorea foreign ministry after condeming UN statement: "We have no choice but to further strengthen our nuclear deterrent..." #nkorea 14 Apr 2009 from web

DavidFeng (Beijing, China) Thinking of leaving Twitter again now that North Korea's thinking of giving up the ghost re: the six-party talks. 14 Apr 2009 from TweetDeck

tonyhen (Hong Kong) north korea restarts nuclear weapons programme - w3hat do you expect you (Japan-US) Twits 14 Apr 2009 from Tweetr

alansoon (Singapore) North Korea quits 6-party talks to protest UN statement 14 Apr 2009 from TwitterFox