China’s foreign ministry issued a statement on Friday, expressing firm opposition to the nuclear test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
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People watch a TV broadcasting a suspected nuclear test held by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 9, 2016.
The United States, Japan, and South Korea have also denounced North Korea’s latest nuclear test.
“Scientists and technicians of the DPRK carried out a nuclear explosion test for the judgment of the power of a nuclear warhead newly studied and manufactured by them at the northern nuclear test ground under the plan of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) for building strategic nuclear force”.
The DPRK’s state-run television reported early Friday that the country had conducted a nuclear warhead explosion test.
“We strongly urge the DPRK side to honor the commitment to denuclearization, abide by the relevant United Nations security council resolutions and halt any moves that could aggravate the situations”, according to the statement.
Pyongyang has conducted a series of ballistic missile launches since top North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gave an order on March 15 to test a nuclear warhead and ballistic rockets capable of carrying the warhead “in a short time”.
It was confirmed through the results of analysis of the test that the measured values including explosion might and the nuclear material usage coefficient conformed with the calculated values and that there was no radioactive materials leakage during the test and, therefore, no adverse impact on the ecological environment of the surroundings.
The nuclear test coincided with the 68th anniversary of the founding of the country.
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The US Geological Survey said the tremor was a 5.3-magnitude natural disaster. The fourth one marked what the country claimed to be its first hydrogen bomb.
