Obama condemns North Korea nuclear test, promises new sanctions
US President Barack Obama condemned North Korea's nuclear test on Friday as a "grave threat" to regional security and international peace and said he would work with US partners on new sanctions against Pyongyang.
"To be clear, the United States does not, and never will, accept North Korea as a nuclear state," Obama said in a statement, in which he singled out Pyongyang as the only country to have tested nuclear weapons this century.
North Korea's launch on Friday of its fifth and biggest nuclear test also drew condemnation from its main ally, China. Pyongyang said it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threat the international community has been powerless to contain.
