BBC: N Korea 'to conduct nuclear test'

[tritsofme]

North Korea is to conduct a nuclear test, the foreign ministry has said in a statement.
The move would "bolster" the country's self-defence in the face of US military hostility, North Korea's official KCNA said.

" will in the future conduct a nuclear test under the condition where safety is firmly guaranteed," the ministry said.

Pyongyang has come under mounting pressure over its nuclear programme.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5402018.stm

[wakeme2008]

1. N Korea has no OIL... Move on nothing to see here

:grr:

[BushOut06]

2. Look at me, look at me!

Sometimes it's hard to tell who is more immature - Kim Jong Il or Bush. Seems like everytime world attention starts to shift elsewhere, ie Iran, Venezuela, etc, Kim Jong Il has to say or do something to bring everyone's attention back to North Korea.

[daleo]

3. I wonder if it will be above ground or below ground?

Interesting timing, what with the recent Harper's article by Daniel Ellsberg that claims Bush is planning to use nukes against Iran soon. North Korea may feel that it has to prove something.

[jpak]

4. Below ground...but NK is also planning further missile tests too...

Wouldn't be surprised if they launched one or more Taepodong 2 missiles simultaneously with the nuke test...

[Eugene]

5. U.S.: N. Korea Nuclear Test Unacceptable (AP)

U.S.: N. Korea Nuclear Test Unacceptable


Tuesday October 3, 2006 5:46 PM

By FOSTER KLUG

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration said Tuesday that a North Korea
nuclear test would be an "unacceptable threat to peace and stability" and
further isolate Pyongyang from the rest of the world.

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the United States will work
with its allies to discourage "such a reckless action." In nearly identical
comments, he and Frederick Jones, spokesman for the White House's National
Security Council, warned that any such test "would only further isolate the
North Korean regime" and deny North Koreans possible benefits they might reap
by returning to negotiations about their nuclear program.

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North Korea announced Tuesday that it would conduct a nuclear test in the face
of what it claimed was "the U.S. extreme threat of a nuclear war." The statement
from Pyongyang gave no precise date as to when a test might occur.

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Rumsfeld, in Managua, Nicaragua, for meetings with Central and South American
foreign ministers, declined to say whether Pyongyang's announcement had triggered
any changes in the U.S. alert status.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6122998,00.html