The first nuclear test have been conducted at the first tunnel and four nuclear tests have been conducted at the second tunnel at its mountainous test site.
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The United States has threatened to place new unilateral sanctions on North Korea, following the east Asian country’s fifth and largest nuclear test on Friday.
Following the nuclear test by North Korea, the U.N. Security Council convened an emergency meeting Friday, where it vowed to promptly work on “appropriate measures” in response to the isolated country’s actions, including a reference to a possible sanctions resolution.
His comments followed North Korea successfully staging an explosion test of a nuclear warhead that can be mounted on ballistic missiles “at will”.
The UN Security Council agreed Friday to start work on new punitive measures, even though five sets of UN sanctions since the first test have failed to halt the North’s nuclear drive. The United States, the United Kingdom and France are reportedly leading the push for new sanctions.
The South Korean defense ministry has also presented the “Korea Massive Punishment & Retaliation” to the national assembly, “aimed at wiping a certain section of Pyongyang completely off the map”, Yonhap quoted a military source as saying.
“The USS Ronald Reagan will take part in the combined maritime exercise between the US and South Korean militaries to be carried out in the western and southern seas”, the official said. “We will do everything possible to defend against that growing threat”, he said.
North Korea insists that its missile and nuclear tests are necessary to counter what it says is a United States nuclear threat to its independence.
But the North’s ruling party newspaper said Saturday it would not submit to USA nuclear “blackmail”, and described the South’s President Park Geun-hye as a “dirty prostitute” for working with US forces.
He added: “It’s a deeply disappointing concern for this act of provocation, continuing against such an honest appeal and urging by the global community”.
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The test showed North Korea’s nuclear capability was expanding fast and its leader Kim Jong Un was unwilling to change course, South Korea said on Saturday.
