Monday, 18 April 2016
North Korea preparing new nuclear test, says S Korea
South Korea has detected signs that the North is
preparing for a fifth nuclear test, President Park Geun-
hye said.
She did not elaborate on what the signs where, but ordered
the military to be prepared, Yonhap news agency said.
It comes after reports in local media about increased activity
at the North's Punggye-ri nuclear test site, where the
previous nuclear tests took place.
A new test would be further defiance of tougher sanctions
imposed by the UN last month.
"We are in a situation, in which we don't know whether
North Korea could stage provocation as a move to overcome
its isolation and to consolidate its internal unity," Ms Park
said told her top aides, Yonhap reported.In January, the North conducted its fourth nuclear test
and a rocket launch a month later, raising tensions on the
peninsula.
Observers have been saying another test could come before
North Korea holds its Workers' Party congress in Pyongyang
in May.
Experts believe the North does not possess the technology
to mount a nuclear device on an intercontinental ballistic
missile - although it has made progress in recent years on its
nuclear weapons programme.
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