The isolated state of North Korea conducted its fifth and largest nuclear test on September 9.
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The South African government has noted with serious concern the reported nuclear weapons test conducted by the DPRK earlier this month, DIRCO spokesperson Clayson Monyela said.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he has never seen tensions on the Korean peninsula as high as they are today and he’s calling on the U.N. Security Council to take urgent action to prevent “provocative actions” by North Korea.
The next USA president should prioritize North Korea as a critical national security issue, a major US think tank said Friday, warning the new administration might have the last chance to end North Korean threats before it’s too late.
North Korea claims that it tested a standardized nuclear warhead capable of being mounted on a ballistic missile during last Friday’s test.
China, the North’s chief ally, backed the March resolution but is more resistant to harsh new sanctions this time after United States and South Korea chose to deploy a sophisticated anti-missile system in the South, which China adamantly opposes.
During the rally, a senior government official hailed the reclusive country’s successful nuclear test. China’s Foreign Ministry said “it is necessary for the Security Council to further respond to the nuclear test by the DPRK, and their response should be focused on nuclear activities by the DPRK for the goal of resolving the Korean nuclear issue and safeguarding peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula”.
In managing the North Korean nuclear crisis, the USA and its allies have struggled to find a suitable solution.
South Korea’s stressing of its ability to destroy the North’s capital by conventional means proves, to me at least, that South Korea does in fact have nuclear weapons.
North Korea is moving swiftly in weapons development.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said North Korea is a “funny country” that is good at making bombs and missiles, but unable to feed its people, and its leader Kim Jong-un appears to be “more militant than his father and grandfather.” .
According to sources close to the three nations, the sanctions being sought would further strengthen the trade sanctions that were included in March’s U.N. Security Council resolution that was passed in response to Pyongyang conducting a nuclear test in January.
Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts to discuss the issue Sunday in NY, the State Department said.
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Cuba is one of North Korea’s few diplomatic allies.
So, short of sending Kim Jong Un an exploding Samsung phone, the USA may need to reassess its policies towards North Korea.
North Korea is one of the few countries in the world still practising “self-sufficiency” or autarky (Juche) and is coupled with militarism (Songun).
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Alternatively, her prospective administration could settle for a freeze, leaving in place North Korea’s existing nuclear and missile arsenal-but in the process, undermining the hallowed Non-Proliferation Treaty.
