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Well, saber-rattling time again…
North Korea has staged a “successful” underground nuclear test, the state-run KCNA agency reports.
The agency says Monday’s test was “aimed at strengthening its [North Korea's] self-defence nuclear deterrent in every way”.
The news confirms earlier reports by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.
South Korea’s president is reported to have convened an emergency security meeting and Japan is setting up a task force in the prime minister’s office.
The KCNA report gave no details of the location of the test.
However, South Korean officials said a seismic tremor was detected in the north-eastern part of the communist state.
Both South Korea’s and the US geological agency said the tremor indicated a nuclear explosion. – BBC
