North Korea Expected to Conduct New Nuke Test

The possibility of North Korea conducting another nuclear test is high as the reclusive country is striving to intimidate others to engage in peace treaty talks, a local think tank here said Thursday. "The possibility is high that the North will sooner or later conduct its fifth nuclear test or fire off another long-range missile," the Sejong Institute, a private think tank, said in its recently published report carried by Yonhap News Agency. 

"As the North made clear its dual-track policy of pursuing nuclear and economic development at the recently concluded congress of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, more nuke and long-range missile tests cannot be ruled out," it added. 
The report noted that things should be approached from the prospective that the North is "gauging the strategic timing" for the tests. 
The institute added that it's important to have strategic coordination and dialogue between Seoul and Beijing on ways to induce the North to reform and liberalize.

Source ; QNA