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North Korea conducted a third nuclear test on Tuesday, the first since the country’s leader Kim Jong-un took power in December 2011. Though it is still unclear whether the test was successful, experts say it could bring the country closer to its goal of building nuclear-tipped missiles designed to strike the US. Official state media characterized the test as a response to US hostility, and warned of “second and third measures of greater intensity” in the future if Washington doesn’t back down. (The UN imposed sanctions on the country after a December 2012 rocket launch that the UN and Washington said was a cover for a banned missile test.)
The United Nations Security Council called the test, which is in defiance of existing UN resolutions, “a clear threat to international peace and security,” and said it would “begin work immediately” on further punitive measures against Pyongyang.
The test also prompted an outcry from leaders around the world: Here are some of them, via CNN:
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