This is shaping up to be the busiest year ever for North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes. It conducted its second nuclear test of the year Friday, this time to indicate it can arm those ballistic missiles it’s been testing with nuclear-tipped warheads. Japan, which is within range of the North’s missiles and hosts tens of thousands of US troops, called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council. The North is already under the toughest sanctions it has faced in decades because of its January nuclear test. More now are almost certain, though some experts question whether North Korea has anything significant left to apply effective sanctions to.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 09, 2016 19:18 UTC