Friday, April 20, 2012

North Korean Nuclear Test Expected Soon

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North Korea Threatens Retaliation, Nuclear Test Expected Soon -- National Post/Reuters

SEOUL — A bristling North Korea said on Wednesday it was ready to retaliate in the face of international condemnation over its failed rocket launch, increasing the likelihood the hermit state will push ahead with a third nuclear test.

The North also ditched an agreement to allow back inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency. That followed a U.S. decision, in response to a rocket launch the United States says was a disguised long-range missile test, to break off a deal earlier this year to provide the impoverished state with food aid.

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More News On Expectations That North Korea Will Conduct A Nuclear Test Soon

N. Korea experts say new nuclear test likely -- AFP
Nuclear Weapon Test in North Korea Seen as Inevitable -- USA Today
North Korea 'not bound by US nuclear deal' -- BBC
N. Korea: We are no longer bound by nuclear test moratorium -- RT

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