North Korea vowed yesterday to test a nuclear device unless the United Nations Security Council apologised for imposing sanctions, its strongest threat yet in an increasingly tense game of diplomatic brinkmanship.
The provocative statement elicited a muted response from the US and its allies in the region and diplomatic sources suggested they had decided to adopt a strategy of “malign neglect” in the face of North Korean brinkmanship.
Taro Aso, Japan's prime minister, who met his Chinese counterpart yesterday in Beijing, said through a spokesman it was important not to overreact to provocation from North Korea.
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