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China notified of N. Korea's nuke test in advance: source
BEIJING, May 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea gave advance notice to China that it was preparing to conduct a second nuclear test, a diplomatic source here said Monday.
The source did not provide details, such as the exact timing of the notification or through what channel.
Whether Pyongyang informed its closest ally of the test plan appears to be significant, as Chinese officials were reportedly upset over the North's short notice before its first atomic weapons test in 2006. Many watchers have questioned China's influence over North Korea. China, a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security Council, accepted a proposal by the U.S. and Japan to adopt a binding resolution to sanction the North's first nuclear test.
"North Korea appears to have informed China of its second nuclear test," the source said. "But there is no information on the timing and other details."
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, in a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung-hwan in Hanoi, called for the international community to cope with the latest development in a calm and cool-headed manner, according to Yu's aides.
lcd@yna.co.kr
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