Nuke test: Trump calls N Korea a ‘rogue nation’

WIDE CONDEMNATION Merkel, Macron seek tough European Union sanctions

North Korea’s biggest nuclear test to date was condemned around the world on Sunday, with President Donald Trump calling it a “rogue nation” whose actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States.

In a series of tweets, Trump said North Korea has become “a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success.”

Trump also rebuked South Korea, saying “their talk of appeasement with North Korea won’t work, they (Pyongyang) only understand one thing.”

China said it “expresses resolute opposition and strong condemnation” over Pyongyang’s sixth nuclear test.

South Korean President Moon Jae-In called for the “strongest punishment” against the North, including new UN sanctions to “completely isolate” it.

Describing the test as a matter of deep concern, India’s external affairs ministry said in a statement that the action by North Korea was against the objective of the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called the test “reckless” in a statement and said “all options are on the table.”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron urged tougher European Union sanctions against North Korea.

“The chancellor and the president are in agreement that North Korea has trampled on international law and that the international community must therefore react with determination against this new escalation,” Merkel’s office said in a statement after she spoke on the phone with Macron

Both leaders “are calling for tougher EU sanctions against North Korea,” the statement added.