UNITED NATIONS (REUTERS) - The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on North Korea's apparent nuclear test at 9:00 a.m. EST on Tuesday (10pm Singapore time), council diplomats said.

Diplomats had said previously that the United States, South Korea and European members would want the Security Council to adopt a resolution that would impose new sanctions on Pyongyang in the event of a third nuclear test in defiance of earlier council resolutions.

Getting approval on a council resolution, however, could take weeks.