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NKorea confirms 'successful' nuclear test
North Korea staged a "successful" underground nuclear test on Monday, the communist state's official media said.
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South Korea's presidential office said has earlier said that North Korea had appeared to have conducted a nuclear weapons test.
The government received a report on the nuclear test having been conducted, presidential spokesman Lee Dong-Kwan told a briefing.
He said President Lee Myung-Bak called an emergency National Security Council meeting for Monday afternoon.
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