N. Korea 'postponed nuclear test after food deal with China'

China recently agreed to give 'humanitarian' food-aid to North Korea for postponing nuclear tests / Courtesy of Twitter

By Lee Han-soo

North Korea has postponed a nuclear test after striking a food-aid deal with China, according to Boxun, a Chinese newspaper based in the U.S., citing unidentified Beijing sources.

According to the paper, the deal was struck after China sent an envoy after learning that North Korea was planning on an airborne nuclear test during its recent congress.

The source also claimed that Pyongyang deliberately leaked intelligence about the planned nuclear test so it could get food and supplies from China and other organizations to counter the present famine.

The Chinese government reportedly urgently sent the envoy because China feared an airborne nuclear disaster along its border with North Korea.

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The envoy reportedly used a carrot-and-stick method to get the North to postpone its nuclear test, promising to expand China's "humanitarian" food-aid to the country.

Although the amount aid was not specified, the Beijing source called the deal "North Korea's nuke scam."

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