BREAKING NEWS — North Korea announced Monday that it successfully carried out an underground nuclear test, weeks after threatening to restart its rogue atomic program.
The country's official Korean Central News Agency called Monday's test "part of measures to bolster its nuclear deterrent for self-defense."
President Lee Myung-bak convened an emergency security session. His spokesman, Lee Dong-kwan, confirmed that a nuclear test may have been carried out in the North.
Seismologists from the U.S., South Korea and Japan reported earthquakes in an northeastern area, where North Korea conducted a nuclear test in 2006.
A 4.7-magnitude earthquake was registered in northeastern North Korea at 9:54 a.m. (0054 GMT), the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake, measured at a depth of 6 miles underground, occurred 40 miles northwest of the city of Kimchaek, the USGS said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency also said it detected seismic activity Monday morning. "We are checking whether they were due to a nuclear test," agency official Gen Aoki said in Tokyo. - FOX News Story
Well now we know, Obama's big threat after the North Korean Missile test really hit home for the North Korean Leadership. I guess that going by way of the United Nations may not work.
Oh WAIT!!!! We had that figured out years ago. I think the Predecessor to Obama figured that out on his own. Now what will Obama do? Doing the opposite of George W. didn't work? Oh my, what plan will they come up with?
Be a leader, don't go to the UN. Show the North Koreans that you are serious. Do your own dirty work. Hold them accountable and show them that you are not just about idle threats.
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