10 November 2012

News Story: North Korea ready to conduct nuke, missile tests - South


SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's defence minister Thursday said that North Korea has completed preparations for another nuclear test, and would also test-launch long-range missiles sometime in the future.

"Many preparations have been made for a third nuclear test," Kim Kwan-Jin told reporters, adding the timing would depend on "a political decision".

The communist country carried out nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.

Kim also predicted that the North would make another attempt at some time to test-fire a long-range missile, after the failure of its rocket launch in April.

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