The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday "strongly condemned" North Korea's third nuclear test and vowed to take action.<br/> <br />U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) SUSAN RICE, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR, SAYING:<br/> <br />"North Korea does not, and will not, benefit from violating international law. Far from achieving its stated goal of becoming a strong and prosperous nation, the DPRK has instead increasingly isolated and impoverished its people through its ill-advised pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery."<br/> <br />North Korea's says it is acting in self-defense in response to hostility from the United States. It vows to take take stronger actions if Washington keeps up its belligerence.
