North Korea is in the spotlight and once again it is not for anything positive for the global community. Early this month, the communist country announced that they have successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test at 10 A.M. on the same day.
"If there's no invasion on our sovereignty we will not use nuclear weapon. This H-bomb test brings us to a higher level of nuclear power" confirmed the North Korean State News Agency.
Since then Japanese satellites have observed movement in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang indicating preparations for a long-range ballistic missile launch.
The United Nation Security Council have long banned North Korea from conducting any ballistic missile launch. However despite the restrictions the communist state, the country has launched several rockets including a disguised ballistic launch in 2012.
Unsurprisingly, the U.S., South Korea and Japan have spoken out against North Korea's plans to send another rocket in a satellite installation mission. Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, declared last Wednesday that the upcoming launch is a clear violation of the UN's previous decision.
"If North Korea goes ahead and launches the rocket, it would clearly violate UN security council resolutions and pose a serious provocation" explained Abe to parliament.
Officials from North Korea were quick to explain that the preparations are for the space programme the country is trying to launch. According to them, it is purely scientific in nature.
Still Daniel Russel, assistant US Secretary of state for Asia-Pacific Affairs, warns about the threats of North Korea. He explained that this decision does not only pit the international community in an awkward and dangerous position but also poises the North Korean people in harms way.
"North Korea is defying the UN security council, it's defying its ... neighbour China, it's defying the international community to the detriment of regional peace and security, and to the detriment of North Korean people itself," explained Daniel Russel.
