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North Korea celebrates successful nuclear test

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8 years ago

September 9, 2016

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The government of North Korea is hailing the success of a “nuclear warhead explosion” it carried out recently which was roundly condemned by world leaders opposed to the actions of Pyongyang.

The government of hard stance leader Kim Jong-un said it carried out the “nuclear warhead explosion” test to counter what it called US hostility, North Korean state TV reported, angering neighbours and the United States.

According to a state TV presenter: “Scientists [from] … the DPRK carried out a nuclear explosion test for the judgment of the power of a nuclear warhead newly studied and manufactured by them at the northern nuclear test ground.”

“The Central Committee of the [ruling] Workers’ Party of Korea sent warm congratulations to nuclear scientists … of the northern nuclear test ground on the successful nuclear warhead explosion test,” the presenter said.

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