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N Korea 'nuclear test' worries press
News of North Korea's nuclear test has been greeted with consternation by newspapers around the world.
But although most papers criticise Pyongyang, some commentators in Russia and Iran believe US policies are partly to blame.
Several papers predict the test will spark a nuclear arms race both in the immediate region and further afield.
CHINA'S JIEFANG RIBAO
Pyongyang no doubt has its security concerns, but it should consider the grave consequences that might result from its wilful actions... Sanctions must not be an objective, and they are also not the best way to resolve the problem. What needs to be done now is to cool things down, and not aggravate the situation.
CHINA'S ZHONGGUO QINGNIAN BAO
In the long run, North Korea's crossing of the nuclear threshold will certainly trigger a chain reaction in Japan and South Korea, and a tense situation in East Asia will be unavoidable.
ZHU FENG IN CHINA DAILY
Once international efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue through political and diplomatic negotiations die, the East Asian region will be shrouded in the haze of a new military conflict. Most importantly, North Korea's nuclear test is very likely to trigger a new nuclear arms race in East Asia, and let the Japanese right-wing have another excuse to pursue nuclear weapons.
HONG KONG'S SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
North Korea has tried international patience one time too many: its nuclear test... must be met with tough diplomacy and UN Security Council sanctions to prove that the world is determined to end the proliferation of atomic weapons.
SOUTH KOREA'S CHUNGANG ILBO
Korea is in danger once again... The North's possession of nuclear weapons will lead to Japan's nuclear development, so all our neighbouring countries will certainly be armed with nuclear weapons... If North Korea has reasoned that becoming a nuclear state is a sure way to guarantee its national security, that is a misjudgement.
THE KOREA HERALD
North Korea as a nuclear power will find it even more difficult to survive under deepening international isolation... Kim Jong-il still has the chance to prevent a worsening of the crisis by returning to the Six-Party Talks and restarting denuclearisation negotiations with the four neighbours and the United States. But he will soon find that joining the nuclear club with a few rudimentary atomic bombs does not improve the regime's lot at all.
SERGEY KARAGANOV IN RUSSIA'S ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA
Leading countries could not stop North Korea. And this sends a very powerful signal to all other countries which intend to obtain nuclear weapons... A new arms race could begin.
MAKSIM CHIZHIKOV IN RUSSIA'S KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA
Everything was moving in this direction. The Americans essentially provoked Pyongyang to carry out this test... Russia, of course, should condemn Pyongyang's actions but at the same time avoid ultimatums in order not to push it into building up its nuclear potential even further.
I. SAFRONOV IN RUSSIA'S KOMMERSANT
It is not an accident that Pyongyang decided to carry out the nuclear test in the very week when the UN Security Council will be discussing the Iranian nuclear problem... Pyongyang is convinced that Washington prefers a diplomatic solution to the problem and, possibly, would even go for direct contact with the DPRK, which it refused to consider before.
IRAN'S E'TEMAD-E MELLI
North Korea's nuclear test has created a wave of confusion among international observers and politicians who believed that they could dissuade North Korea from carrying out a nuclear test by political and economic pressure and even by military confrontation.
IRAN'S SIYASAT-E RUZ
In a nutshell it can be said that international pressure on North Korea has pushed the country to carry out a nuclear test. North Korea proved that the hegemonic and bullying policies of America, which tries to achieve its objectives by force, have all failed.
FRANCE'S LIBERATION
There should be a consensus at the UN to adopt "sanctions" against North Korea... The problem is that it lives in such a state of despotism that it is practically immune to such punitive actions, which Kim Jong-il will have included among the inevitable repercussions of his nuclear test before he even pressed the button.
GERMANY'S BERLINER ZEITUNG
The test shows that the concerted pressure of the five most powerful countries in the world to get North Korea to renounce nuclear armament has not worked, even in the case of a small country.
BBC Monitoring selects and translates news from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. It is based in Caversham, UK, and has several bureaux abroad.
News of North Korea's nuclear test has been greeted with consternation by newspapers around the world.
But although most papers criticise Pyongyang, some commentators in Russia and Iran believe US policies are partly to blame.
Several papers predict the test will spark a nuclear arms race both in the immediate region and further afield.
CHINA'S JIEFANG RIBAO
Pyongyang no doubt has its security concerns, but it should consider the grave consequences that might result from its wilful actions... Sanctions must not be an objective, and they are also not the best way to resolve the problem. What needs to be done now is to cool things down, and not aggravate the situation.
CHINA'S ZHONGGUO QINGNIAN BAO
In the long run, North Korea's crossing of the nuclear threshold will certainly trigger a chain reaction in Japan and South Korea, and a tense situation in East Asia will be unavoidable.
ZHU FENG IN CHINA DAILY
Once international efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue through political and diplomatic negotiations die, the East Asian region will be shrouded in the haze of a new military conflict. Most importantly, North Korea's nuclear test is very likely to trigger a new nuclear arms race in East Asia, and let the Japanese right-wing have another excuse to pursue nuclear weapons.
HONG KONG'S SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
North Korea has tried international patience one time too many: its nuclear test... must be met with tough diplomacy and UN Security Council sanctions to prove that the world is determined to end the proliferation of atomic weapons.
SOUTH KOREA'S CHUNGANG ILBO
Korea is in danger once again... The North's possession of nuclear weapons will lead to Japan's nuclear development, so all our neighbouring countries will certainly be armed with nuclear weapons... If North Korea has reasoned that becoming a nuclear state is a sure way to guarantee its national security, that is a misjudgement.
THE KOREA HERALD
North Korea as a nuclear power will find it even more difficult to survive under deepening international isolation... Kim Jong-il still has the chance to prevent a worsening of the crisis by returning to the Six-Party Talks and restarting denuclearisation negotiations with the four neighbours and the United States. But he will soon find that joining the nuclear club with a few rudimentary atomic bombs does not improve the regime's lot at all.
SERGEY KARAGANOV IN RUSSIA'S ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA
Leading countries could not stop North Korea. And this sends a very powerful signal to all other countries which intend to obtain nuclear weapons... A new arms race could begin.
MAKSIM CHIZHIKOV IN RUSSIA'S KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA
Everything was moving in this direction. The Americans essentially provoked Pyongyang to carry out this test... Russia, of course, should condemn Pyongyang's actions but at the same time avoid ultimatums in order not to push it into building up its nuclear potential even further.
I. SAFRONOV IN RUSSIA'S KOMMERSANT
It is not an accident that Pyongyang decided to carry out the nuclear test in the very week when the UN Security Council will be discussing the Iranian nuclear problem... Pyongyang is convinced that Washington prefers a diplomatic solution to the problem and, possibly, would even go for direct contact with the DPRK, which it refused to consider before.
IRAN'S E'TEMAD-E MELLI
North Korea's nuclear test has created a wave of confusion among international observers and politicians who believed that they could dissuade North Korea from carrying out a nuclear test by political and economic pressure and even by military confrontation.
IRAN'S SIYASAT-E RUZ
In a nutshell it can be said that international pressure on North Korea has pushed the country to carry out a nuclear test. North Korea proved that the hegemonic and bullying policies of America, which tries to achieve its objectives by force, have all failed.
FRANCE'S LIBERATION
There should be a consensus at the UN to adopt "sanctions" against North Korea... The problem is that it lives in such a state of despotism that it is practically immune to such punitive actions, which Kim Jong-il will have included among the inevitable repercussions of his nuclear test before he even pressed the button.
GERMANY'S BERLINER ZEITUNG
The test shows that the concerted pressure of the five most powerful countries in the world to get North Korea to renounce nuclear armament has not worked, even in the case of a small country.
BBC Monitoring selects and translates news from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. It is based in Caversham, UK, and has several bureaux abroad.
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