S Korea's Park says North ready for nuclear test

April 26, 2016 16:12

North Korea has completed preparations for a fifth nuclear test, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said today, amid reports that Pyongyang has also readied a powerful, new mid-range missile for an imminent

flight test.

Concern has been growing for weeks that the North is building up to a fifth nuclear test ahead of a rare, ruling party congress to be held early next month.

"We assess that they have completed preparations for a fifth nuclear test and can conduct it whenever they decide to," Park said during a meeting with editors of domestic media organisations.

If North Korea does go ahead, it would constitute a dramatic act of defiance in the face of tough UN sanctions imposed after its most recent nuclear test in January.

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