wed, 06 jan 2016, 06:47

North Korea: test done with h-bomb

PYONGYANG –

North Korea has on the state television confirmed that the Wednesday morning (local time) a nuclear test has run. The country spoke of a successful test with a hydrogen bomb, according to the South Korean news agency Yonhap.

Photo: AP

There were already strong suspicions of, inter alia, South Korea, Japan, and the Chinese aardbevingscentrum that it is a atoomproef went. It was referred to the earthquake with a strength of 5.1, which was measured in the northeast of North Korea, and according to specialists , is artificial”. The quake took place near the staging area Punggye-ri, where previous nuclear tests were carried out. The last nuclear test was in 2013.

North Korea said Wednesday that it will continue with the strengthening of the nuclear programme, ,,to protect themselves against the hostile policy of the United States.” The country further said that it will behave as ” a responsible nuclear state,” and promised her nuclear weapons not to use them unless the sovereignty of North Korea is affected. Last month claimed the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un all that the country has h-bombs had been developed.