| American
and South Korean officials reported seismic activity in North Korea on Tuesday
that appeared to be evidence of the country’s third and long-threatened nuclear
test and a new challenge for the Obama administration in its effort to keep the
country from becoming a full-fledged nuclear power. |
| “We
believe that North Korea has conducted a nuclear test,” said Kim Min-seok, a
spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry. |
| The
shock appeared to be centered in the same location where the North conducted
tests in 2006 and 2009, and the United States Geological Survey said it was only
a kilometer underground, all indications consistent with a nuclear
blast. |
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