UN demands North Korea cease "deeply troubling" nuclear activities
The United Nations has demanded that North Korea cease any further nuclear activities after its claim that it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.
Speaking in New York ahead of a meeting of the UN Security Council, secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has described the claimed underground test as "deeply troubling" and "profoundly destabilising for regional security".
North Korea's claim that it has conducted a successful test could take days to verify and may never be fully confirmed.
Experts remain sceptical that an H-bomb test did actually take place.
The announcement came on state television after a 5.1-magnitude earthquake was measured near the Punggye-ri nuclear test site.
It comes within a month of a claim by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that an H-bomb had been successfully developed.
Speaking in New York ahead of a meeting of the UN Security Council, secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has described the claimed underground test as "deeply troubling" and "profoundly destabilising for regional security".
North Korea's claim that it has conducted a successful test could take days to verify and may never be fully confirmed.
Experts remain sceptical that an H-bomb test did actually take place.
The announcement came on state television after a 5.1-magnitude earthquake was measured near the Punggye-ri nuclear test site.
It comes within a month of a claim by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that an H-bomb had been successfully developed.
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