North Korea dismisses nuke test reports

North Korea today dismissed reports that it was preparing a nuclear test, calling them US propaganda, and blamed Washington for the impasse in international talks to disarm the hard-line state.

“The US is making noise, saying that our country will have an underground nuclear test in June and it will notify the International Atomic Energy Agency, Japan and other related countries,” the North’s main state-run Rodong Sinmun daily wrote in a commentary, according to the country’s official Korean Central News Agency.