China And South Korea To Cooperate

China and South Korea have agreed to work together to stop a possible North Korean nuclear test. They did not elaborate on what that cooperation would entail. Looks like Kim Jong Il is not making any friends in China at the moment.

A nuclear test by the communist North would be "a grave situation of a different level from missile launches," Song Min-soon said after returning from a two-day trip to China, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

"South Korea and China have agreed to continue cooperation not to let that situation occur," Song was quoted as saying. He did not elaborate on how the two countries would cooperate.

South Korea and China, along with Japan, Russia and the United States, have tried to convince the North to abandon its nuclear program at six-party negotiations that have been on hold since November.

The North stoked regional tensions on July 5 by test-firing seven missiles, drawing U.N. Security Council sanctions, and concerns are growing that it could be preparing for a nuclear test.

Hopefully, this can stop Kim, but he has been behaving in an increasingly erratic fashion for some time now.