Posthuman Blues

World scrambles for response to NKorea nuclear threat

Jittery nations have warned North Korea to abandon plans to test an atom bomb after the reclusive state again unnerved world leaders with a shock announcement on its nuclear capabilities. The UN Security Council was to meet in New York Wednesday to try to forge a unified international response after Pyongyang said Tuesday it would test the bomb to deter what it called the US threat of nuclear war. North Korea gave no date for the test and some analysts saw the announcement as an effort to gain leverage with the United States, but nations said they were taking immediate action and that the threat was serious.

(Via Signs of Witness.)