The influence of bremsstrahlung and cyclotron radiation on the evolution and saturation of the resistive tearing mode is investigated by using a three-dimensional toroidal magnetohydrodynamic code. It is found that accumulation of impurities (such as tungsten) in magnetic islands has a destabilizing effect on the tearing mode due to an imbalance of local radiative cooling and Ohmic heating inside the island. The asymmetry current effect and the nonlinear mode coupling play an important role on evolution of the radiation-driven tearing mode instability. As a result, the magnetic island width could increase over 20% of the minor radius (disruption scale). Along with higher mode burst, multi-mode interaction makes magnetic field lines become stochastic. Moreover, the core pressure is reduced due to the radiation cooling inside the magnetic island. Consequently, the whole discharge area is shifted towards the high-field side, which leads to a strong intensification of the mode.