ASSESSMENTS

A Fourth Nuclear Test From North Korea?

Jan 6, 2016 | 03:52 GMT

A man watches a news report in Seoul confirming that the nuclear reactor in North Korea seen as the country's main source of weapons-grade plutonium has resumed normal operations, Sept. 15, 2015.

(UNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

North Korea successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen nuclear device, Jan. 6, according to state media. If true, this is the first such device fielded by Pyongyang. South Korea initially picked-up seismic activity centered near North Korea's suspected nuclear test site. Initial estimates gave readings measuring between 4.2 and 5.1 magnitude, raising the suspicion that the tremor was caused by a nuclear test, as opposed to a natural earthquake. A nuclear bomb test in the same area in 2013 triggered a 5.1-magnitude quake. North Korean media soon followed up with an official announcement, confirming the successful test....

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