North Korea’s second nuclear test

North Korea, defiant in the face of international condemnation of its nuclear test, was reported to have fired three more short-range missiles off its east coast. Messages intercepted by Japanese coast guards warned that such salvoes could continue until May 30. The picture above is a file image.

South Korean commanders salute the national flag at a meeting of force commanders after Seoul announced it was joining a US-led initiative to intercept nuclear material shipments - an act Pyongyang had warned it would view as an 'act of war'

North Koreans applaud during a ceremony in Pyongyang to celebrate the country's second nuclear test in three years

South Korean boys wearing masks listen to a government official explaining the effect of a nuclear bomb blast over Seoul

South Korean president Lee Myung-bak talks with President Barack Obama, who assures him of his 'unequivocal commitment' to South Korea's security and vows to pursue tough UN measures to curb Pyongyang's atomic ambitions

President Barack Obama makes a statement condemning North Korea's latest atomic test, believed to be timed to coincide with the US memorial day holiday, as a reckless provocation

Russian envoy Vitaly Churkin, current president of the Security Council, says the UN body will begin work on a new resolution after convening for an emergency session at which world powers condemned North Korea's nuclear test

People read extra editions of newspapers reporting North Korea, the pariah communist state, had successfully carried out an underground nuclear test