--- description: North Korea said the world should “wait and see” what it meant when it threatened Sunday a “new form” of nuclear test. title: North Korea Nuclear Test: World Must Wait and See image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd826b93fbefd72a7/698688fe13c79fa4741916f2/time-i-north-korea-nuclear-140404.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # North Korea: World Must 'Wait and See' on Next Nuclear Test  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2014 8:48 PM CUT  North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un arriving at the Samjiyong airport in Ryaggang province in North Korea, April 1, 2014. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un arriving at the Samjiyong airport in Ryaggang province in North Korea, April 1, 2014.KCNA/AFP/Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2014 8:48 PM CUT A North Korea official said at a UN news conference Friday that the world should “wait and see” what the government meant when it threatened earlier this week a “new form” of nuclear test. “The DPRK made it very clear, we will carry out a new form of nuclear test,” Deputy UN Ambassador Ri Tong Il of North Korea (DPRK) said, according to Reuters. “But I recommend you to wait and see what it is. The UN Security Council condemned North Korea March 27 for firing two medium-range Rodong ballistic missiles into the sea a day earlier, calling it a breach of U.N. resolutions but [drawing the ire](http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm "undefined") of the North. On Sunday, the official Korean Central News Agency published a statement threatening a “new form” of nuclear test, following three past tests, without elaborating on what that would mean. Tensions between North and South Korea have spiked amid joint annual military exercises between South Korea and the United States. 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