Advares: – It will change the world

The United States, Japan and South Korea agreed on Wednesday that a possible North Korean nuclear weapons test will receive a clear-cut answer.

– We agreed that an unprecedented response will be needed if North Korea conducts its seventh nuclear weapons test, South Korea’s Deputy Foreign Minister said Cho Hyun-dong in a joint press conference with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Takeo Mori.

Sherman urged North Korea to refrain from “further provocation”, describing them as “reckless and deeply destabilizing for the region,” he writes. NBC News.

North Korea has already carried out six nuclear tests, the first in 2006 and the last in September 2017.

Tense

Tensions have recently been high among neighboring countries. North Korea has conducted a series of artillery and missile tests and has also flown fighter jets near the South Korean border.

The United States, Japan and South Korea believe the country is preparing for its seventh nuclear test. Several experts believe North Korea is looking to develop and expand its arsenal of weapons and thereby increase its influence in future negotiations with rival countries.

– Everything that happens, for example a North Korean nuclear weapons test (…), has implications for world security. We really hope everyone on the Security Council understands that any use of nuclear weapons will change the world in amazing ways, Sherman said.

Preparations

In August, UN experts concluded that North Korea is likely preparing a new nuclear test, according to the AP news agency.

Preparations for a new nuclear test were in their final stages in June, according to information from unnamed countries that closely monitor North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

– As early as June, two Member States believed that preparations for a nuclear test were in the final stage, says the report of the UN expert group to the Security Council.

– Seen as treason

At the same time, experts accused North Korea of ​​being behind two extensive data breaches this year, in which North Korean hackers are said to have secured cryptocurrencies worth “hundreds of millions of dollars”.

The Pyongyang regime was also accused in the report of importing oil and exporting coal in violation of UN sanctions.