In recent months, the North has conducted a series of ballistic missile launches and has in the past often stated its aim of hitting United States targets. He did not elaborate on what loopholes he was referring to.
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Al Zayani said North Korea’s actions were in defiance of the worldwide community and in serious violation of UN Security Council Resolutions.
Washington and Tokyo are seeking “the strongest possible” measure to be taken against North Korea after its latest and most powerful nuclear test, a top USA envoy said Sunday.
But Yonhap news agency, citing unidentified Seoul government sources, reported Monday there were signs the North had finished test preparations at one tunnel that has never been used.
The North’s latest nuclear test, the most powerful to date, sparked worries the country is making headway in its push to develop small and sophisticated warheads to be topped on missiles.
The sanction was given after North Korea’s nuclear test in January and long-range rocket launch in February.
Sun Kim, U.S. Special Envoy to North Korea, said Washington is considering taking action against Pyongyang, as well. South Korea’s military said it was about 10 kilotonnes, enough to make it the North’s “strongest nuclear test ever”.
The South Korean military official told Yonhap that Pyongyang districts thought to be hiding the North’s leadership would be particularly targeted in any attack.
The global community is said to be considering its response, with the United States saying it is considering imposing sanctions alongside those imposed by the UN Security Council, Japan and South Korea.
The disclosure of the detailed bombing operation came after the Defense Ministry reported the “Korea Massive Punishment & Retaliation” (KMPR) to the National Assembly last week in response to the North’s fifth nuclear weapon test.
But five sets of United Nations sanctions have failed to halt North Korea from continuing to develop nuclear weapons since its first test in October 2006. However, the speed with which North Korea is modernizing its nuclear and missile programme through indigenous research and development could one day present formidable threat.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye called the move “fanatically reckless”.
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By doing tests, North Korea is breaking United Nations resolutions and runs the risk of getting slapped with more U.N. sanctions.
