So the idea that the North Korean nuclear test will turn China and North Korea into enemies is incorrect.
Following a North Korean nuclear test in October 2006, the United States tightened sanctions, imposing an embargo on luxury goods, including cognac, cigars, plasma televisions, beer, iPods, Rolex watches, diamonds, wine, yachts and Harley Davidson motorcycles.
This point was brought home clearly by both Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's immediate verbal response to the North Korean nuclear test on Monday and by Iran's provocative launch of warships in the Gulf of Aden the same day.
The latest North Korean underground nuclear test represents both a danger and an opportunity.
Because there was no artificial seismic activity at the time, Seoul ruled out a third North Korean underground nuclear test.
Experts on North Korean proliferation, such as former defense intelligence analyst Bruce Bechtol, say that Iranians have been present at every previous major North Korean missile and nuclear test.
The U.N. can be counted upon to eventually issue a statement, or maybe even another resolution, with each North Korean ballistic missile dry run or nuclear test.
Tension is high on the Korean peninsula following North Korea's third nuclear test on 12 February.
Bechtol adds that Iranian officials have been present at every major North Korean missile test, as well as both previous nuclear tests.
Republicans berate him for exuding weakness, noting that his big speech on nuclear disarmament was upstaged by a North Korean missile test.
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The probe comes at a time of heightened tensions in the Korean peninsula, following North Korea's third nuclear test in February and the subsequent tightening of UN sanctions.
On Monday, speculation of a new nuclear-weapons test by Pyongyang was given momentum by a front-page story in a major South Korean daily saying activity at North Korea's nuclear test site in the north of the country had intensified.
On Tuesday, speculation of a new nuclear-weapons test by Pyongyang was given momentum by a front-page story in a major South Korean daily saying activity at North Korea's nuclear test site in the north of the country had intensified.
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Recent reports from South Korean and US bodies which monitor North Korea's nuclear test sites had said North Korea could be preparing for a third test.
Tensions in the Korean peninsula are high following North Korea's third nuclear test on 12 February, which led to the imposition of a fresh raft of sanctions.
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Tensions remain high on the Korean peninsula in the wake of North Korea's third nuclear test on 12 February.
Tensions in the Korean peninsula have been high since North Korea's third nuclear test on 12 February, which led to the imposition of fresh sanctions.
Tensions in the Korean peninsula have been high since North Korea's third nuclear test on 12 February, which led to the imposition of a fresh raft of sanctions.
And speculation abounds, fed by defectors and South Korean analysts, that the north may be preparing for a third nuclear test in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions.
South Korean experts say they have not detected any radioactive isotopes from North Korea's nuclear test, hampering efforts to assess the device.
But as tensions spiralled this year after North Korea's third nuclear test, Kaesong has become the canvas for inter-Korean frustration.
The launches came after North Korea conducted a nuclear test on May 25 and threatened the United States and South Korean ships near its territorial waters.
Earlier on Thursday, a South Korean defence ministry spokesman said it appeared that North Korea was "ready to conduct a nuclear test at anytime if its leadership decides to go ahead".
Despite North Korean threats that have followed new U.N. sanctions over Pyongyang's recent nuclear test, Park has pressed forward with a vow to create trust and renew dialogue after five years of tension and animosity under her hard-line predecessor.
In a radio address Monday, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made his first public statement about North Korea's latest nuclear test.
The fraught situation on the Korean Peninsula stems from the North's latest long-range rocket launch in December and underground nuclear test in February.
The resolution comes amid rising tension surrounding North Korea, which recently conducted a nuclear test, fired test rockets and threatened United States and South Korean ships near its territorial waters.
North Korea conducted a nuclear test in May, fired test rockets and threatened U.S. and South Korean ships near its territorial waters.
North Korean threats have become more common as tensions have escalated following a rocket launch by Pyongyang in December and its third nuclear test on Feb. 12.
South Korean officials have said that activity at the Punggye-ri site indicates preparations for another nuclear test after North Korea exploded a nuclear device there on Feb. 12.
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