North Korea nuke test poses threat to US, says Trump

Washington Sep 3 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Sunday said the latest nuclear test by North Korea posed a danger to the US and raised questions about South Korea s ability to control Pyongyang.

"North Korea has conducted a major nuclear test " Trump said in a series of Twitter posts. "Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the US."

The US President tweeted that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un s regime had again violated international law with the test of a hydrogen bomb at the Punggye-ri site Efe news reported.

The explosion caused a 6.3-magnitude earthquake and North Korean state media confirmed that a bomb with "unprecedented power" had been successfully tested on the orders of leader Kim Jong-un.

"North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China which is trying to help but with little success " Trump tweeted.

He also warned South Korea that its strategy for dealing with Pyongyang had been a failure.

"South Korea is finding as I have told them that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work they only understand one thing!" Trump said.

The hydrogen bomb test follows North Korea s August 29 launch of a ballistic missile that landed in the Pacific off northern Japan.

North Korea said the miniaturised hydrogen bomb can be mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

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