South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered his government to devise the “strongest” measures, including pushing for new sanctions, in response to North Korea’s sixth nuclear test, the Blue House announced on Sunday.

Moon convened a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) from 1330 to 1500 KST.

“North Korea has conducted a more powerful nuclear test today than in the past while ignoring repeated warnings from us and the international community,” National Security Office (NSO) chief Chung Eui-yong said in a statement.

“The President ordered to draw up the strongest punitive measures in tandem with the international community against a