In Seoul, dozens of protesters burned an effigy of the North’s leader Kim Jong Un and called for “strong retaliation”, including pre-emptive attacks on the North’s nuclear complex.
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He also spoke about the importance of coordinating with the U.S. to deal with the issue.
North Korea’s boast of a technologically game-changing test defied tough worldwide sanctions and long-standing diplomatic pressure to curb its nuclear ambitions.
Indonesian government deplored on Saturday the latest nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), saying it was not in line with the world peace and stability.
Their stance is very much in line with a statement out of New York Friday, when the UNSC “strongly condemned” North Korea’s behavior and promised to work on a new resolution – implying that veto-wielding council member China will hold true to its word by pressuring its old ally.
The measures will be under Article 41 of the UN Charter, which specifies non-military actions including sanctions. The South Korean minister also demanded France and the European Union make concerted efforts to impose sanctions against North Korea in close cooperation with Seoul.
“Mark Twain should be shot for his attempt to find humor in the motive, moral or plot of life”, said an unblinking spokesman for the “Great-and-Extreme-Er-I-Mean-Supreme Leader” Kim Jong Un, before being told that Twain’s death, once so greatly exaggerated, was for more than a century not exaggerated at all.
Penn: Well, my guess would be that there will be some kind of new sanctions but what you have to realize is that North Korea’s already under quite heavy sanctions and there’s not really many tools in the toolbox which are left remaining for them to use.
Daniel R. Russel, Assistant Secretary of State, said he will work closely with Japan, China, Russia and South Korea to exert strong pressure on North Korea after the fifth and most powerful nuclear test. Russel added that it is a very serious provocation and a violation of worldwide law and a threat to the entire region. “All sides should refrain from mutual provocation and any action that might exacerbate the situation”.
He said he would work “to take additional significant steps, including new sanctions, to demonstrate to North Korea that there are consequences to its unlawful and unsafe actions”.
China remains the wild card in United Nations deliberations, however, typically demanding weaker responses and only lackadaisically enforcing required sanctions.
Abe reached the agreement in separate phone talks with the US and South Korean leaders.
Lassina Zerbo, the head of world monitoring agency the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, said the seismic activity registered on Friday was larger than that triggered by the North’s test in January.
“So North Korea can now show off their nuclear capability proudly”, Suh said.
“Our. party sent a congratulatory message to our nuclear scientists. for conducting the successful nuclear warhead explosion test”, she said as the South judged it was the North’s biggest test yet at 10 kilotons.
North Korea has violated five United Nations nuclear sanctions, including trade and banking restrictions, which have been imposed on the country since it detonated its first nuclear device in 2006.
Indonesia strongly urged DPRK to obey all the requirements of the UN Security Council.
Russian Federation has also expressed concern over the recent nuclear test and strongly condemned that act, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
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New Delhi of late has received inputs, suggesting that certain nuclear materials supplied to Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission by Suntech Technology Company Limited of China were being diverted to North Korea, sources told DH.
