South Korea is in talks with the US to deploy US strategic weapons on the Korean peninsula, a day after North Korea said it successfully tested a hydrogen nuclear device.
The UN Security Council is considering imposing further sanctions on North Korea after it carried out a nuclear test, the British ambassador said Wednesday.
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting in New York after North Korea claimed it had carried out a "successful" hydrogen bomb test, diplomats said.
North Korea said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device, marking a significant advance in the isolated state's strike capabilities and raising alarm bells in Japan and South Korea.
