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Korea says US must recognise it as ‘nuclear weapons state’

The statement read, “In line with this commitment and the gravity of this violation, the members of the Security Council will begin to work immediately on appropriate measures under Article 41 in a Security Council resolution”.

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He said the Security Council would continue to monitor the situation, warning that “significant measures” would be taken.

“The 10-kiloton blast was almost twice the (power of the) fourth nuclear test and slightly less than the Hiroshima bombing, which was measured about 15 kilotons”, said Kim Nam-Wook of the South Korea’s meteorological agency.

Yonhap news agency quoted an unidentified presidential official as saying Mr Park would seek cooperation from both her conservative ruling party and liberal opposition parties for her handling of the nuclear threat.

“The cumulative knowledge of the five nuclear test explosions and the dozens of ballistic missile tests, especially in the last 12 months, are giving their technical people greater confidence that they can deploy warheads on their ballistic missiles”, said Washington-based Arms Control Association executive director Daryl Kimball.

“This has definitely put on a higher level …”

He says there has been rising criticism within South Korea of the government as its attempts to isolate the North have failed to deter leader Kim Jong-un’s nuclear ambitions.

The strategy calls for pre-emptive bombing attacks on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the country’s military leadership using the South’s own ballistic missiles, according to Yonhap. Obama said the U.S. 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 risky actions”.

“We have made overture after overture to the dictator of North Korea”, he said, adding that he ultimately hoped for a similar outcome as in the nuclear talks in Iran.

In March, the Security Council adopted its toughest sanctions against North Korea in two decades in response to its nuclear test in January and a rocket launch.

A U.S. special envoy met with Japanese officials on Sunday and said later the United States may launch unilateral sanctions against North Korea, echoing comments by U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday in the wake of the test.

Its continued testing in defiance of sanctions presents a challenge to Obama in the final months of his presidency and could become a factor in the USA presidential election in November, and a headache to be inherited by whoever wins. His visit included a clutch of global summits in China – where he attended a G-20 meeting hosted by President Xi Jinping – and Laos. Beijing strongly condemned the test, but has limited room to maneuver. “If they have not reached that capability today, they certainly will relatively soon with further nuclear test explosions and ballistic missile tests”, he said.

In particular, the official cautiously expected the trade between North Korea and China to be affected. The collapse of the regime could also put soldiers from South Korea and its United States ally on China’s border. Russian Federation has also objected. “I think China will take more effective methods to carry out the sanction”.

North Korea confirmed on Friday that it had carried out a nuclear test in the country’s northeast.

Obama said he noted Xi’s objection to Thaad and that the US isn’t looking for a diplomatic tussle over the missile shield. The United States said it would do what is necessary to defend its Asian allies.

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“They need to work with us more effectively to change Pyongyang’s behavior”, Obama said, referring to China. But it’s time to learn how to calmly handle North Korea threats, it’s obviously that United Nations resolutions and sanctions are just useless.

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