UN chief condemns 'profoundly destabilizing' underground test
The U.S. and several allies on Sunday
called for an open emergency meeting at the United Nations Security
Council following North Korea's latest nuclear test.
"We
along w/Japan, France, the UK and S.Korea have called for an emergency
Security Council meeting on N.Korea in the open tomorrow at 10am," U.S.
envoy to the global body, Nikki Haley wrote on Twitter.
The
announcement came after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined
world leaders in condemning the test as a "serious breach" of
international law.
The test "undermines
international non-proliferation and disarmament efforts", Guterres said
in a statement that described it as "profoundly destabilizing for
regional security".
Earlier in the day,
U.S. President Donald Trump would not rule out an attack in
retaliation. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told Fox News Washington
is prepping new round of economic sanctions that would end “all trade
and other business" with the North.
North
Korea on Sunday claimed to have detonated a new hydrogen bomb,
confirming suspicions of the reclusive state's sixth-ever nuclear test
after outside monitors noted a magnitude-6.0 earthquake -- five or six
times stronger than one created by a nuclear test last year by the
autocratic island nation.
Pyongyang's
official KCNA news agency announced Sunday the "perfect" test involved a
hydrogen bomb that could be mounted on an intercontinental ballistic
missile, or ICBM.
"The H-bomb test was
carried out to examine and confirm the accuracy and credibility of the
power control technology, and internal structural design newly
introduced into manufacturing the H-bomb to be placed as the payload of
the ICBM," according to KCNA.
The agency published images earlier Sunday that showed images of leader Kim Jong-un inspecting a new H-bomb warhead.
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