BEIJING, OCT 24, SPA -- North Korea is not planning a secondnuclear test and is willing to return to six-party talksunder certain conditions but warned that it would takeaction if it feels pressured, AP QUOTED a Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman as saying Tuesday. Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan was told duringmeetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and otherofficials iting of U.S. dollars and other illicit activity. Pyongyang has denied the charges and boycotted six-nationtalks on its nuclear program until the U.S. ends thecrackdown. A second test has been widely believed to be apossibility. Earlier this month, U.S. media reported thatPyongyang may be preparing for another, citing suspiciousactivity at a suspected test site in the North's northeast. But on Tuesday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reportedthat the U.S. military had not detected signs ofpreparations for a second atomic test. U.S. military officials gave that intelligence assessmentto their South Korean counterparts during annual defensetalks in Washington last week, Yonhap said, citingunidentified defense officials. Officials at the Defense Ministry were not immediatelyavailable for comment. The developments demonstrate the uncertainty that hassurrounded the nuclear standoff since the North's test,which prompted the U.N. Security Council to imposesanctions against Pyongyang. Also Tuesday, Ban Ki-moon, the next United Nationssecretary-general and South Korea's foreign minister saidSeoul backs the sanctions. Ban said he plans to use his new position as U.N. chief,which he'll assume at the beginning of next year, to «seekan active role for the peaceful resolution of the NorthKorean nuclear issue.» So far, South Korea hasn't outlined any specific action itplans to take in accord with the resolution, which callsfor countries to take steps to prevent Pyongyang fromcontinuing its weapons trade. The U.S. has urged the Southto join an anti-proliferation initiative, and to take stepsfor more accountability in joint economic projects with theNorth. Ban said Seoul was still «reviewing our policies to bringthem closer in line» with the U.N. resolution. As part of the rush of diplomatic exchanges since thenuclear test, Ban wasesumption of the six-party talks or that North Korea willabandon its nuclear program,» according to Kyodo newsagency and public broadcaster NHK. Wu, who is Beijing's top nuclear envoy, accompaniedChinese officials on a special mission to Pyongyang lastweek to discuss the nuclear dispute. Liu told reporters that «all countries involved in thesix-party talks believe that the talks should be resumedbut of course the parties do not all agree on how.» «Consultations are required to find a way acceptable toall,» he said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/397938