The executive arm of the United Nations pledged new measures in response to North Korea’s fourth nuclear test even as weapons experts and the White House dispute the regime’s claims to have successfully detonated a hydrogen device far more powerful than an atomic bomb. 


The 15-member body strongly condemned Tuesday’s test as "a clear violation of Security Council resolutions," according to a statement issued after an emergency meeting in New York to discuss a 5.1-magnitude earthquake detected near North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear site. Diplomats declined to elaborate what type of action was being considered, though harsher sanctions would be one option

Source: NNA