DPRK has no plans 'at present' for nuclear test

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea said on Saturday it has no plans to conduct a nuclear test "at present", an announcement which analysts said was made under increasing pressure from the international community.

The Republic of Korea tried to "rattle the nerves of the DPRK in a bid to cause it to conduct a nuclear test, though such a thing is not planned at present", a spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the country's official news agency KCNA.

This is Pyongyang's second refutation in a month of the alleged nuclear test plan, and analysts said the two announcements show the mounting pressure on Pyongyang from the international community.