North Korea's first underground nuclear test, conducted on 9 October in the northern mountainous section of the country, was evidently spurred by two imperatives - the need to shock Washington into accepting its demand for one-on-one talks ahead of the November congressional elections in the US and signs of rapprochement between China and Japan following the inauguration of newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. |
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