North Korea's ruling communist party has called for the staging of a "high-intensity" action and further long-range rocket launches, ahead of an expected nuclear test.
A meeting of the workers party politburo "called for staging an all-out action of high intensity," without specifically mentioning a nuclear test.
The statement carried strong echoes of the initial announcement last month by the North's top military body, the National Defence Commission, that it would conduct a "high-level nuclear test" and further rocket launches.
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