Christoph
09-10-06, 14:48
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea came under harsh international criticism after claiming to have carried out a successful underground nuclear weapons test on Monday.
China, a close ally of North Korea, denounced the claimed test as "brazen" and South Korea said it would respond "sternly." The United States said a test would constitute a "provocative act."
South Korea's president said Pyongyang's claimed test "broke the trust of the international community." (Watch South Korea's Cabinet meet about what to do next -- 7:00)
President Roh Moo-hyun said it brought "a severe situation that threatens stability on the Korean Peninsula and in northeast Asia."
South Korea would "react sternly and calmly" with "appropriate measures" in close cooperation with the international community, he told journalists after a summit with new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/korea.nuclear.test/index.html
China, a close ally of North Korea, denounced the claimed test as "brazen" and South Korea said it would respond "sternly." The United States said a test would constitute a "provocative act."
South Korea's president said Pyongyang's claimed test "broke the trust of the international community." (Watch South Korea's Cabinet meet about what to do next -- 7:00)
President Roh Moo-hyun said it brought "a severe situation that threatens stability on the Korean Peninsula and in northeast Asia."
South Korea would "react sternly and calmly" with "appropriate measures" in close cooperation with the international community, he told journalists after a summit with new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/korea.nuclear.test/index.html