In South... (Associated Press) 
 
 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on North Korea's nuclear test and the world reaction (all times local): 
 
 5:30 p.m. 
 
 A senior Russian diplomat has strongly condemned North Korea's latest nuclear test. South Korea's defense ministry says the installation of four missile launchers of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, also known as THAAD, was a "temporary" deployment as it needed to respond to the advancement of the North's nuclear and missile threats. China objects to both the military drills and the deployment in South Korea of an advanced U.S. missile defense system that has a radar that can see deep into Chinese territory. “Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear program is a crude violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, undermines the non-proliferation regime and creates a threat to the security of northeastern Asia,” Putin said at a news conference. The United States and South Korea have asked the United Nations to consider tough new sanctions on North Korea after its nuclear test on Sunday that Pyongyang said was an advanced hydrogen bomb. Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted on Wednesday that resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis was impossible with sanctions and pressure alone.  WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that the United States would no longer tolerate North Korea’s actions but said the use of military force against Pyongyang will not be his “first choice.” 
 
 His comment appeared to be in line with classified briefings to Congress in which Trump’s top national security aides - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence - stressed the search for a diplomatic solution to the crisis, lawmakers said. In Sunday's statement, Tusk said the EU calls on the U.N. Security Council "to adopt further U.N. sanctions and show stronger resolve to achieve a peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," adding, "The stakes are getting too high." He has asked the United Nations to consider tough new sanctions after North Korea’s latest nuclear test. South Korea and the United States are technically still at war with North Korea after the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a truce, not a peace treaty. put sanctions on anybody that does trade with North Korea.” 
 
 Mnuchin said that Trump would consider the order “at the appropriate time once he gives the U.N. time to act.” 
 
 He provided no further details, including whether Trump would consider slapping sanctions on China, North Korea’s largest trade partner. Putin said North Korea would not give up its nuclear program no matter how tough the sanctions. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that Putin "said the international community could not give in to emotions, should act calmly and deliberately, and stressed that the complex settlement of the nuclear and other problems of the Korean Peninsula can be achieved exclusively through political and diplomatic means." Asked whether he was considering a military response to North Korea, Trump said: “Certainly, that’s not our first choice, but we will see what happens.” 
 
 Xi, who has been under pressure from Trump to do more to help curb North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, told the U.S. president during their 45-minute call that the North Korean issue must be resolved through “dialogue and consultation.” 
 
 The focus on negotiations by China, North Korea’s main trading partner, contrasted with Trump’s assertions over the last few days that now was not the time for talks with North Korea while pressing instead for increased international pressure on Pyongyang. MOON SEEKS SANCTIONS 
 
 Moon, who took office this year advocating a policy of pursuing engagement with North Korea, has come under increasing pressure to take a harder line.
– With activity around missile launch sites suggesting North Korea planned more missile tests, Jang Kyoung-soo, South Korea's acting deputy defense minister, warned parliament Monday that the North also could be planning to "fire an intercontinental ballistic missile." Seoul wasn't letting grass grow under its feet: South Korea said it was talking to the United States about deploying aircraft carriers and strategic bombers to the Korean peninsula in the wake of its sixth and largest nuclear test, Reuters reports. As the UN Security Council was set to meet later in the day to discuss new sanctions against the isolated regime, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that while the US wasn't looking "looking to the total annihilation" of North Korea, "we have many options to do so." One day after the North tested a powerful hydrogen bomb, the South's air force and army conducted war games that simulated a live-fire attack on the North's nuclear facility to "strongly warn" Pyongyang. The South also said it planned to deploy the four remaining launchers of the new THAAD US missile defense system, vehemently opposed by China and Russia. The US warned of "massive" military response if Seoul or its allies were threatened. Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov urged North Korea to "stop provocative actions that destabilize the situation," the AP reports. In unusually strong language, Ryabkov told reporters that Moscow sees "a dangerous trend in how quickly North Korea is making progress" in its nuclear program. He insisted diplomacy was the only solution, adding, "The one who is stronger and smarter should show restraint."