North Korea is set to hold a nuclear test at any time upon an order of the country’s leader Kim Jong-un, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday citing a high-ranking military source.
"North Korea is currently prepared to conduct a nuclear test at any time in case Chairman Kim Jong-un decides to do so," the source told Yonhap on conditions of anonymity.
According to the agency, the source added that Seoul and Washington were in discussions of various countermeasures, including within the framework of the UN Security Council.
On June 6, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi stated that North Korea could be getting ready to conduct a nuclear test at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site.
North Korea has already conducted six nuclear tests, with the last one on September 2017.