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Obama, Park talk NKorea's nuclear test

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has talked with US President Barack Obama in the wake of what appears to be North Korea's fifth nuclear test.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye (L) and US President Barack Obama

US President Barack Obama and South Korea's president have spoken about North Korea's nuclear test. (AAP)

US President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-hye have spoke by telephone about North Korea's latest nuclear test, South Korea's presidential office says.

Obama and Park talked for fifteen minutes on Friday while Obama was on Air Force One on his way back to the US from a regional summit in Laos, according to the South Korean presidential office.

Park says North Korea's actions are in clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions and are a direct challenge to the international community.

The North's fifth nuclear test proved the country's leader Kim Jong Un's "maniacal recklessness" in completely ignoring the world's call to abandon his pursuit of nuclear weapons, Park was quoted as saying by her office.


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