However, he said Thursday that the approach was no longer welcomed by the United States.
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He adds that North Korea seems to look down on the South “because we are always in a defensive position”.
In October 2014, North Korean troops opened fire after South Korean activists launched balloons carrying propaganda leaflets.
Washington and nuclear experts have been skeptical of past North Korean claims about hydrogen bombs, which are much more powerful and much more hard to make than atomic bombs.
There were no obvious signs of disruption in the northeastern city of Dandong that sits on the Yalu River directly across from North Korea’s Sinuiju.
(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man). A visitor uses binoculars to see North Korean territory from the unification observatory in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. Senior presidential official Cho Tae-yong said Thursday the broadcast will resume because the North’s bomb test was a violation of the August agreement. Pyongyang is extremely sensitive to any outside criticism of the authoritarian leadership of Kim, the third member of his family to rule.
And it will play K-Pop and propaganda until North Korea has learned a lesson. South Korean military banned foreign media from the border ahead of the broadcasts.
It is unclear whether Kim, whose birthday is also believed to be Friday, attended the celebrations. North Korean military forces often compete to show their loyalty to the leader.
Yet without the cooperation of China, it is unlikely this “united” response will tame North Korea any more than past sanctions.
Among the singers whose songs are played are the young singer IU, who is famous for her sweet, girlish voice; popular female group Apink; idol boy band Big Bang; and middle-aged singer Lee Ae-ran, who rose from obscurity last year with a song about living for 100 years.
The move is likely to infuriate Pyongyang which, during an extended and increasingly hostile cross-border stand-off a year ago, had issued Seoul with an ultimatum to halt the broadcasts or face imminent attack.
North Korea said Wednesday it had successfully tested a “miniaturized” hydrogen bomb that elevated the country’s “nuclear might to the next level”. The United States and its allies have said North Korea’s nuclear tests are provocative, destabilizing and risky.
Separate statements from the White House said President Barack Obama had spoken to South Korean President Park Geun-Hye and to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan.
Ground monitoring stations belonging to the United States and other nations are analyzing samples, according to the official.
Ministry officials refused to elaborate about what USA military assets were under consideration, but they likely refer to B-52 bombers, F-22 stealth fighters and nuclear-powered submarines.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has urged China to end “business as usual” with North Korea after its nuclear test. B-2 and B-52 bombers are capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
Hours after the nuclear test, the UN Security Council said it would work immediately on significant new measures against North Korea.
The North’s claim of a successful test drew extreme skepticism overseas. But since it is hard to tell whether the wave profile of an explosion was made by a hydrogen bomb, it is difficult to find evidence disproving the success North Korea claims.
Hydrogen bombs use a two-step process of fission and fusion that releases substantially more energy than an atomic bomb.
But experts said the explosive yield from Wednesday’s test-initially estimated at between six and nine kilotons-was far too small. Other nations may either have it or are working on it, despite a worldwide effort to contain such proliferation.
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But whatever device it turns out to be, the message from North Korea is the same – no matter the cost exacted by the global community, it will continue to develop its nuclear weapons capability.
