N Korea's nuclear test plan not bluff: Report

Pyongyang claims it has nuclear weapons, but hasn't performed any known test to verify that.

North Korea's declared plan to undertake a nuclear test is not bluff, but based on action, a pro-North Korea paper in Japan reported from Pyongyang, according to South Korea's

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news agency.

"The nuclear test statement was announced on the premise of action," the Choson Sinbo said, according to Yonhap, which monitors the paper.

"Carrying out a nuclear test is an inevitable conclusion ... Under a condition where (the country) declared possession of nuclear weapons in February last year."

North Korea announced on Tuesday it would conduct a nuclear test to prove the country is a nuclear power.

Pyongyang claims it has nuclear weapons, but hasn't performed any known test to verify that.