Seoul, September 3
\nNorth Korea said it detonated a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile today and called its sixth and most powerful nuclear test a \u201cperfect success\u201d, sparking global condemnation and promises of tougher US sanctions.<\/p>\n
Pyongyang residents threw their arms aloft in triumph as a jubilant television newsreader hailed the \u201cunprecedentedly large\u201d blast. It \u201cmarked a very significant occasion in attaining the final goal of completing the state nuclear force\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n
But world reaction was swift and angry. US President Donald Trump said on Twitter Pyongyang\u2019s \u201cwords and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States\u201d. The US Treasury Department will prepare sanctions that would \u201ccut off North Korea economically\u201d, said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.<\/p>\n
Hours before the test, the North had released images of leader Kim Jong-Un at the Nuclear Weapons Institute, inspecting what it said was a miniaturised H-bomb that could be fitted onto an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). China, the North\u2019s sole remaining major ally, issued a \u201cstrong condemnation\u201d of the test, which overshadowed the opening of the BRICS summit in Xiamen.<\/p>\n
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described it as \u201cabsolutely unacceptable\u201d, while Russia\u2019s foreign ministry expressed \u201cstrongest condemnation\u201d but urged calm. In Seoul, President Moon Jae-In called for new United Nations sanctions to \u201ccompletely isolate North Korea\u201d and said the South would discuss deploying \u201cthe strongest strategic assets of the US military\u201d.<\/p>\n
That could be taken as a reference to tactical nuclear weapons, which were withdrawn from South Korea by Washington in 1991.<\/p>\n
US monitors measured a 6.3-magnitude tremor near the North\u2019s main testing site, which South Korean experts said was five to six times stronger than the 10-kiloton test carried out a year ago.<\/p>\n
The tremor was felt in northeastern China, with people in the border city of Yanji saying they fled their homes in their underwear, and in the Russian Pacific city of Vladivostok. It was even detected as far away as Germany.<\/p>\n
Whatever the final figure for the test\u2019s yield, said Jeffrey Lewis of the armscontrolwonk website, it was \u201ca staged thermonuclear weapon\u201d which represents a significant advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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