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South Korean President Confirms Nuclear Test in North Korea

© REUTERS / Ahn Young-joon/PoolSouth Korean President Park Geun-hye speaks during a ceremony celebrating the 96th anniversary of Independence Movement Day, which commemorates the country's declaration of independence from Japanese colonization, in Seoul March 1, 2015
South Korean President Park Geun-hye speaks during a ceremony celebrating the 96th anniversary of Independence Movement Day, which commemorates the country's declaration of independence from Japanese colonization, in Seoul March 1, 2015 - Sputnik International
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye has labelled the seismic event that occurred near a nuclear site in North Korea on Friday a nuclear test.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The South Korean military suspects that North Korea carried out the "biggest-ever" nuclear test on Friday.

"We estimate the North has carried out the biggest-ever test given the yield of the North's nuclear test that reached 10 kilotons," the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a Friday statement, as quoted by the Yonhap news agency.

Earlier on Friday, South Korean government sources told Yonhap that Seoul sees a high probability that North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test on Friday, on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the foundation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The US Geological Survey (USGS), as well as Japan’s and China’s meteorological services, detected a ground-level (0 kilometer depth) seismic event northeast of the town of Sungjibaegam in North Korea on Friday, saying it could be an explosion.

According to Yonhap, the seismic event was centered around the same location where North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test in January.

Pyongyang’s January nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch in February resulted in the tightening of sanctions against North Korea in a new UN Security Council resolution adopted in March.

The United Nations previously imposed sanctions on North Korea for three tests it carried out in 2006, 2009 and 2013.

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