Russian parliament members also denounced the latest move by the DPRK

"The incident was not a nuclear explosion, but had the characteristics of a natural quake," the China Earthquake Networks Center said late Saturday in a statement released online

A remarkable South Korean teacher took up residence in Hefei, Anhui province, at the urging of her young son and never looked back

"There is still hope for peace, we must not give up," Wang said during his speech at the UN General Assembly on Thursday

Since then, Pyongyang has conducted its most powerful nuclear test, threatened to fire missiles into the waters around the US pacific island territory of Guam and launched two missiles over Japan