Reply #190: AFP World condemns NKorea's nuclear test

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World condemns NKorea's nuclear test

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BEIJING (AFP) - China and the United States led condemnation around the world after
North Korea conducted its first nuclear test, slamming the move as provocative and, in some capitals, demanding a tough UN response.


China, Pyongyang's closest ally in the region, expressed its "resolute opposition" to the "brazen" test, carried out early Monday in defiance of worldwide appeals and threats of sanctions.

The White House condemned it as a "provocative act" and called for immediate action by the UN Security Council, while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Seoul when news of the test first broke, called the move unpardonable.

Britain's Foreign Office likewise condemned it as a "highly provocative" act and vowed the international community would "respond robustly".

A Chinese foreign ministry statement on state television said North Korea, also known as the DPRK, "ignoring the general concern of the international community, brazenly undertook a nuclear test."