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SUMMARY: North Korea carried out a third nuclear test underground at a remote location in the northeastern part of the country, prompting new fears and international condemnation. This is third nuclear test by North Korea since 2006 and the first test under the new leader, Kim Jong-un.
The U.N. Security Council voted just weeks ago to impose additional sanctions on North Korea. This latest test forced the Council into an emergency session where members condemned the actions and discuss more sanctions. Even China, North Korea’s sole ally, condemned the act.
Ambassador Charles “Jack” Pritchard, former U.S. special envoy for North Korea negotiations under President George W. Bush, and James Acton, a senior associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joined Jeffrey Brown to discuss the test and its threat to the United States.
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