As US intelligence confirmed Monday's nuclear test, the UN Security Council announced that it expects to impose arms and financial sanctions on North Korea on Saturday for the action.
Although Russia and China have also submitted new amendments to a US-drafted UN resolution - which are expected to delay the vote by several hours - the US Ambassador John Bolton said he was still confident the resolution would be adopted on Saturday, reports Reuters.
A US official said Friday that a preliminary US intelligence analysis in Washington has shown radioactivity in air samples collected near a suspected North Korean nuclear test site.
"That's right, though this is only a first look. People have been saying all along that the working assumption is it was a nuke," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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