SEOUL - North Korea said on Saturday it would not submit to US nuclear "blackmail", a day after shocking the world with its fifth and largest nuclear test. The North's latest test, preceded by a volley of missile launches in recent months, sparked worldwide condemnation. The Rodong commentary, carried by the North's official KCNA news agency, slammed South Korean President Park Geun-Hye as a "dirty prostitute" of foreign forces. It did not directly mention Friday's nuclear test. The newspaper accused Park of "groundlessly taking issue with the DPRK over its just measures for bolstering nuclear deterrence for self-defence".

Source: Bangkok Post September 10, 2016 06:45 UTC