South Korea Says North Korea Has Finished Preparations For A Nuclear Test

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un oversees drills conducted by the tactical nuclear weapons units of the Korean People's Army from September 25 to October 9. © Korean Central News Agency 

Bloomberg: North Korea Has Finished Prep for Nuclear Test, South Korea Says 

North Korea has finished preparations for a nuclear test, South Korea’s president told parliament, stoking concerns that Pyongyang’s first blast of an atomic device in five years could be imminent. 

“We assess that it has already completed preparations for a seventh nuclear test,” Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday, adding Kim Jong Un’s regime has defended the preemptive use of nuclear weapons. 

The US, South Korea and Japan have all pledged stern and united punishment for a nuclear test, which would be in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions. 

John Kirby, a spokesman for President Joe Biden’s National Security Council, told reporters in Washington the US believes that North Korea “could conduct a nuclear test at any time.”  

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South Korea Says North Korea Has Finished Preparations For A Nuclear Test  

S.Korea: Pyongyang has finished prep for nuclear test -- Reuters 

Experts: North Korea's Expected Nuclear Missile Test Likely to Involve Miniature Warheads -- VOA  

North Korea Completes Prep For Nuclear Test, South Korea Warns -- Zero Hedge  

North Korea Is Primed for a Nuclear Test This Month -- National Interest 

US warns North Korea «likely» to conduct nuclear weapons test -- News 360  

Eyeing Possible North Korea Nuke Test, U.S. Steps Up Intel Gathering on Kim -- Newsweek