UN Warns North Korea Over New Nuclear Test

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged North Korea not to carry out a new nuclear test – saying it would be a “provocative” act.

The comments came as South Korea backtracked over comments that the North was preparing to carry out a fourth test.

South Korean minister Ryoo Kilhl-Jae had told parliament there were such signs amid reports of increased activity at the main atomic test site Punggye-ri.

But later South Korea’s Defence Ministry said: “We found there had been no unusual movements that indicated it wanted to carry out a nuclear test.”

Mr Ban said: “The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea cannot go on like this, confronting and challenging the authority of the (UN) Security Council and the international community.

“I am urging them to refrain from taking any further provocative measures.”

China’s Foreign Ministry also said it wanted peace on the Korean peninsula, not war, adding a proper solution to the crisis was the responsibility of all parties.

The Pentagon has already strengthened its missile defences in response to the repeated threats made by Pyongyang in recent weeks.

However, the New York Times has reported a more thorough plan that sets out a limited but forceful response to any future provocation has been drawn up by the US and South Korea.

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