The North Korean regime has done it again.  The AP and other news agencies are reporting that North Korea has detonated a second nuclear test device, this time near the northeastern town of Kilju, near where the first test was conducted in October 2006.

From the AP:

“North Korea defiantly declared Monday that it successfully carried out its second underground nuclear test — a major provocation less than two months after launching a rocket widely believed to be a test of its long-range missile technology.

The regime also test-fired a short-range, ground-to-air missile Monday from that same northeastern launchpad, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing unnamed sources. South Korea’s military said it was looking into the report.

North Korea, incensed by U.N. Security Council condemnation of its April 5 rocket launch, had warned last month that it would restart it rogue nuclear program, conduct a second atomic test as a follow-up to a 2006 test, and carry out long-range missile tests.

On Monday, the country’s official Korean Central News Agency said the regime “successfully conducted one more underground nuclear test on May 25 as part of measures to bolster its nuclear deterrent for self-defense.”

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