The U.N. Security Council, led this month by South Korea, will take "very firm and resolute" action against North Korea should it press ahead with a nuclear test, a top Seoul envoy said Monday.
Kim Sook, South Korea's ambassador to the U.N., said another nuclear test appears imminent, echoing various media reports that the secretive communist nation is technically ready for it, although it remains unclear whether or when will the leadership will make the decision.