Is North Korea Preparing A Nuclear Test On The Day That President Obama Visits South Korea?


South Korea: North Believed To Be Preparing For 4th Nuclear Test -- Voice of America

BANGKOK — Speculation is growing that North Korea is planning to conduct an underground nuclear test to coincide with President Obama’s visit to the peninsula this week.

South Korea’s foreign minister is warning the North not to carry out a fourth nuclear test. Speaking at an international forum in Seoul, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se remarked: “If North Korea goes ahead with another nuclear test as it has publicly warned, it will be a game changer.”

Daniel Pinkston, the Northeast Asia deputy project director for the International Crisis Group, said Pyongyang is unlikely to worry about the South’s reaction.

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More News On Reports That North Korea Is Preparing For A Nuclear Test

'More activity' at North Korea nuclear test site -- BBC
North Korea Shows Signs of Planning Nuclear Test -- New York Times
South Korea says North may be close to nuclear test -- Gulf News/AFP
North Korea Boosts Activity at Nuclear Test Site, South Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
North Korea may be close to nuclear test -- SKY News
Signs of North Korean nuclear test preparations, says South -- The Guardian
South Korea says North’s nuclear site has gone active -- Washington Times
Seoul Warns of Possible North Korea Nuke Test as Obama Flies to East Asia -- Time
North Korea believed to be readying new nuclear test -- FOX News
Activity escalates around North Korea nuclear testing site -- Asahi Shimbun
S. Korea activates task force to monitor possible N. Korea nuke test -- Global post/Kyodo News Agency
China urges restraint as N. Korea boosts activity at nuclear test site -- Yonhap News Agency

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