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North Korea Nuclear Test Sends Message to Washington One Week After U.S.-South Korean War Games

4,549 views · Published 12 February 2013 · 8:27 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: Democracy Now! · 2013 · News & Politics

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DemocracyNow.org - The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting today after North Korea conducted its third-ever nuclear test in  defiance of U.N. orders. According to international monitors, the underground explosion was roughly twice as large as North Korea's last nuclear test in 2009. North Korea had vowed to conduct rocket launches and a U.S.-aimed nuclear test after the U.N. Security Council resolution tightened sanctions in response to a rocket launch two months ago. "North Korea has been saying for years they would like to have a peace agreement to formally end the [Korean] war, and they would like to have negotiations directly with the United States," says Tim Shorrock, an independent journalist who has covered Korea for more than 30 years. "The only way out of this for the U.S. is to hold direct negotiations and talks with North Korea on stopping its nuclear program and stopping its missile program."

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