Tensions grow amid North Korea nuclear fear

SOUTH Korea and China have agreed to cooperate to prevent a possible nuclear test by North Korea amid increasing reports citing suspicious activity in the communist nation.

A nuclear test by the communist North would be “a grave situation of a different level from missile launches”, South Korean presidential security advisor Song Min-soon said after returning from a two-day trip to China.

“South Korea and China have agreed to continue cooperation not to let that situation occur,” Mr Song said. He did not elaborate on how the two countries would cooperate.