North Korea
US seeks to come up with best possible response to N. Korea's nuclear test
Feb. 20, 2013
The United States is urging China to help the U.N. Security Council work out effective countermeasures against North Korea's recent nuclear blast that threatens global peace, the top U.S. envoy in Seoul said Wednesday.North Korea has claimed it successfully carried out a nuclear test on Feb. 12, its third since 2006, with a "miniaturized" bomb, prompting the U.S., South Korea and other regional powers to explore ways to further tighten existing sanctions against the North.The U.N. Security Counc