Nuclear Blackmail from North

Japanese TV stations ran a breaking news on Friday morning that South Korean military detected an earthquake in North Korea. The news was developed to be the quake suspected as caused by an experiment of nuclear explosion. After an announcement of North Korean media, the quake was proved to be the fifth nuclear test of that isolated nation in northeast of the country. All the Japanese government could do was to accuse reckless Kim Jong-un regime of its violation of accumulated, but kept on ignored, resolutions in United Nations Security Council.

Korean Central News Agency emphasized that the experiment was exercised for evaluating the power of nuclear warhead and was successful. “We finally reconfirmed the capability and power of warhead loadable on ballistic missile. We became to be able to produce necessary amount of nuclear warheads which are minimized, lightened, various and with high power in striking,” told Nuclear Weapons Laboratory of North Korea in its statement.

The explosion test caused artificial earthquake with magnitude 5.0, which energy was two times greater than in the last test in January. South Korean government revealed its concern that the development would be unexpectedly accelerated, although the minimization of warhead had not be achieved enough to load it on a short-range ballistic missile. But, some experts evaluate it to be loadable on mid-range Rodong missile that include Japan within its targeting range.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe released a statement that accused of the experiment as “significant threat on our security and remarkably harming peace and security of the region and international society.” United States President Barack Obama warned North Korea that intimidation would bring serious consequences. Abe called Obama to make additional sanction on North Korea, and urged South Korean President Park Geun-hye further action against Kim Jong-un regime.

Two days before the experiment, North Korea and China reconfirmed improvement of their diplomatic relationship in a reception for celebrating national founding day of North Korea in its Embassy in Beijing. Immediate betrayal against U.N.S.C. resolution must harm sentiment of Chinese officials. Actually, a spokeswoman of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused North Korea of its nuclear test as unilateral activity raising regional tension. However, China’s reluctant attitude on economic sanction only makes North Korea puffed up. As long as the neighbor giant provide with fuel of intimidation, the isolated regime would not refrain from demonstrating its developed power.