S Korean Parliament Adopts Resolution Condemning North’s Nuclear Test

The UN has agreed to draw up new measures against North Korea.

The broadcasts irritate the authorities in Pyongyang, and North Korea has previously threatened to use force to stop them. “There is nothing that has occurred in the last 24 hours that has caused the U.S. to change our assessment of North Korea’s technical and military capabilities”, he added.

President Barack Obama has spoken to South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and reaffirmed the “unshakeable USA commitment” to the security of the two Asian allies. The US is highly unlikely to restore the tactical nuclear missiles it removed from South Korea in 1991, experts said. South Korea’s loudspeakers blared not only anti-North Korean rhetoric, but weather reports, global news, and K-pop music.

A South Korea defence ministry official said: “We have selected a diverse range of the most recent popular hits to make it interesting”.

The United States has urged China to try different approaches to deal with North Korea’s nuclear ambitions as a long-time benefactor of the country.

When South Korea briefly resumed propaganda broadcasts in August after an 11-year break, the two Koreas exchanged artillery fire, followed by threats of war.

North Korea’s provocations are to be a topic of discussion during a call scheduled for Friday between South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his China counterpart Wang Yi, Yonhap reported. The US and United Nations have also announced that they’re working on sanctions against the North as a punitive measure.

South Koreans are divided over the resumption of propaganda broadcasts across the border into North Korea in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear test.

While Aucoin said some of the North’s hardware is “not very high tech” – specifically mentioning submarines – its nuclear weapons and missiles are a threat.

His remarks came a day after Pyongyang claimed to have carried out a hydrogen bomb test – a development that exposed President Obama to fresh criticism from Republicans, who said the North’s declaration was in part a reflection of declining fear that Washington would retaliate in a serious way. “The initial analysis that has been conducted…is not consistent with North Korea’s claim of a successful hydrogen bomb test”, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.

World powers are looking at ways to punish Pyongyang for the test of what it called a new and powerful hydrogen bomb. It’s not – the readings are not large enough for it to be a hydrogen bomb.