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> North Korea's official newspaper has said the country should reject foreign aid - likening it to "Poisoned candy" - despite deepening hardships and reported food shortages.

> Unification Minister Kwon Young-se said Pyongyang had asked the UN food agency, the World Food Programme, to provide support but there was no progress because of differences over monitoring issues.

> The incident came just two days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the sea off Japan's west coast, in what state media described as a move to strengthen its "Fatal" nuclear attack capacity.

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