a minute agoJapan alarms: North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)The Japanese government announced that “North Korea has conducted its sixth nuclear test after a man-made quake, which was registered north of the country, not far from the Punggy-ri nuclear test area, reports CNN, the Eye.net. After analyzing data accessed by the Japanese Meteorology Agency, Japan's Government came out [...]
The Japanese government announced that “North Korea has conducted its sixth nuclear test after a man-made quake, which was registered north of the country, not far from the Punggy-ri nuclear test area, reports CNN, the Eye.net.
After analyzing data accessed by Japan's Meteorology Agency, Japan's Government concluded that North Korea has conducted a nuclear test,” ) declared Japan's Foreign Minister, Taro Kono, in a live television broadcast.
Japan and South Korea are collecting and analyzing data to confirm the details of the test, which Shinzo Abe said cannot be tolerated.
If North Korea really did a nuclear test, we will absolutely not tolerate and protest strongly. We'll gather the National Security Council to analyze the information,” said Abe on live televisioncast before Kono's announcement.
South Korea, meanwhile, is holding the National Security Council meeting to discuss the incident, conducted by President Moon Jae, according to the South Korean Presidency office.
Seismological data from the US Geological Service showed that an explosion caused a quake with a 6.3 magnitude in the country's northeast.
