SEOUL, April 26 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday said that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) can conduct its fifth nuclear test at any time when the country determines.
Park told a meeting with chief editors of local news organizations that the DPRK finished preparations for another nuclear detonation and has been in a state of doing it whenever it determines, according to local media reports.
Citing the DPRK's recent launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine, Park said the DPRK can pose threats from any direction that can be hard to detect in advance, saying that experts assessed the DPRK's technology having partially advanced.
Pyongyang on Sunday announced its successful test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). South Korea's military said the missile was fired on Saturday in waters off the DPRK's northeast coast and flew about 30 km, indicating a partial advance in technology.
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