 North Korea may stage a second nuclear weapons test to strengthen its hand during upcoming negotiations on scrapping its nuclear programme, South Korea’s new defence minister warned Friday. Kim Jang-Soo, a former army chief of staff, ordered the 650,000-strong military to step up combat-readiness to deter possible aggression from the North, the defence ministry said. “We have to be thoroughly prepared to counter the possibility of a second or third nuclear test by North Korea and a possible hostile act by it in the process of negotiations over its nuclear weapons programme,” Kim said in a written order to his troops. The six-nation nuclear talks are set to resume in Beijing on Monday, 13 months after the North walked out. They involve the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia. The North staged its first nuclear test on October 9, sparking international condemnation and United Nations sanctions.
| I don't believe they can do it. Show us little man. You'll have to do five or six and I won't believe any of 'em. Keep testing til you run out. |
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