English news everyday:DPRK says not to follow deal with US

李金颖

【新闻背景】虽然朝鲜发射光明星3号火箭虽然失败了，虽然受到了“联合国”的谴责，虽然发射一次光明星的代价是美国2万4千吨粮食援助没有了，虽然发射光明星的费用够朝鲜1900万人吃上一年，但是朝鲜政府还是计划继续大踏步走在开发“和平利用太空”技术的大道上。金正恩上台了，真的是一颗新星冉冉升起了······
PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Tuesday said it now wasn't obliged to a major deal with the United States and would continue to launch satellites, the official KCNA news agency said.
The DPRK also rejected a latest UN Security Council presidential statement condemning its satellite launch, the agency cited a foreign ministry official as saying.
The official said the DPRK would continue to explore space for peace purposes, and develop satellite launching skills necessary for the country's economic development.
The official stressed the DPRK would no longer be confined by the Feb. 29 US-DPRK agreement, as the Unites States had completely breached it with confrontational acts.
In the agreement, the DPRK agreed to impose a moratorium on nuclear tests and long-range missile launches and allow international nuclear inspectors to return to the country. In return, the United States agreed to provide the country with 240,000 tons of food aid.
Pyongyang last month announced its decision to launch a satellite between April 12 and 16 to mark the 100th birthday of late DPRK founder Kim Il Sung.
The DPRK confirmed the earth observation satellite launched earlier on Friday morning failed to enter orbit.
The United States had all along fiercely opposed the launch, which it said was a disguised long-range ballistic missile test, and had therefore suspended food aid to the DPRK, promised in the Feb. 29 deal.
On Monday, the UN Security Council, in the presidential statement, strongly condemned the DPRK satellite launch, saying the move raised "grave security concerns."
It demanded Pyongyang's full compliance with relevant Security Council resolutions by suspending all activities related to its ballistic missile program and reestablish a moratorium on missile launches.
The Security Council also expresses its determination to take action accordingly in the event of a further DPRK launch or nuclear test.
China on Monday called for more dialogue and consultations after the UN Security Council's strong condemnation, as Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said "it has been proven that dialogue and consultations are the only correct way to solve problems."