The Defense Ministry said Monday that North Korea’s next provocation is likely to involve an underground nuclear warhead test in the near future.



“We are closely watching the situation with the possibility of North Korea carrying out an underground nuclear test given the present circumstances,” said ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun during a regular press briefing.



It will be Pyongyang’s fifth nuclear test, and the first since U.N. Security Council’s strongest-ever sanctions against the previous one in January.





Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun (Yonhap)