North Korea nuclear test 'possible' in new year

[Fledermaus]

SEOUL: North Korea could carry out a third nuclear test next year to strengthen the credentials of its young leader-in-waiting, Kim Jong-un, a research report from a South Korean foreign ministry institute said on Friday.

The report came a day after Pyongyang vowed a nuclear "sacred war", using its nuclear deterrent, after the South vowed to be "merciless" if attacked again and held a major military drill near the border.



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