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62324
Tue, 05/26/2009 - 07:51
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S. Korea condemns N. Korean nuclear test as unpardonable provocation
SEOUL, May 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government on Monday issued a statement strongly denouncing North Korea's latest nuclear test as a "serious threat and challenge" to the international community.
The statement read by South Korean presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan in a news
conference also vowed to call on the United Nations Security Council to take
strong countermeasures to punish the communist nation.
"The nuclear test is a serious threat to peace and stability on the Korean
Peninsula and in Northeast Asia and a serious challenge to the international
regime on nuclear non-proliferation," said the statement.
The statement read by South Korean presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan in a news
conference also vowed to call on the United Nations Security Council to take
strong countermeasures to punish the communist nation.
"The nuclear test is a serious threat to peace and stability on the Korean
Peninsula and in Northeast Asia and a serious challenge to the international
regime on nuclear non-proliferation," said the statement.
