against pyongyang s missile and nuclear weapons programme. the un security council voted unanimously at the weekend for new sanctions, which aim to reduce north korean export revenues by a third. at a summit in manila, a spokesman for the regime sought to blame the us for the rising tensions. translation: is our nuclear possession a threat to the world orjust a threat to the united states? we want to make it clear that the worsening situation on the korean peninsular as well as other nuclear issues were caused by the united states. we re firm that we ll never place our nuclear and ballistic missile programme on the negotiating table and won t budge an inch on strengthening our nuclear armaments. a north korean government spokesman. our correspondent in south korea, rupert wingfield hayes, has had rare access to an american military base on the border. a relic of the cold war on the last cold war frontier. just after dawn, i m riding the chase car as a us spy plane heads out o
in paula hancocks. paula, the fifth nuclear test north korea appears to have conducted and the most powerful one and coming on the heels of president obama s visit to asia. reporter: that s right. the timing certainly is interesting, john. the fact is north korea announced on state-run television saying they successfully tested the nuclear warhead and they can put that on any one of the ballistic missiles. it is impossible for the world to verify that specifically in washington and seoul and tokyo. in the past hour, there has been an intelligence briefing for lawmakers here in seoul. they have said they believe north korea s goal is to mount a nuclear warhead on a scud missile. remember 28,000 u.s. troops in south korea are here now. this is going much quicker than expected. intelligence says north korea has advanced quicker than expected. there is large interest around the world in china and japan and russia condemning the nuclear test. it shows that kim jong-un is determi
was 15 kilotons. world leaders issued rapid responses. president barack obama called the nuclear test a grave theft. the japanese prime minister said it was absolutely unacceptable. the president of south korea called kim jong-un fanatically reckless. they are holding a closed door meeting in the yunited nations n two hours. we are joined by will, lisa and victor, joining us from washington. will, you have been to north korea several times over the last few years. probably more than any other western journalist. what is pyongyang up to? kim jong-un, when i was last in north korea in may solidified his power and lined up his leadership to develop north korea s nuclear program at a dizzying pace in the last several months and weeks. in addition to this nuclear test which caused a 5.3 magnitude earthquake, still yet to are verified by the u.s., still testing radiation levels, three missiles launch from the ground capable of hitting here in japan. the week before that, there
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