ASSESSMENTS

North Korea: A Nuclear Test on the Peninsula

May 25, 2009 | 04:31 GMT

Chinese soldiers patrol the North Korea-China border on April 5, 2009
Chinese soldiers patrol the North Korea-China border on April 5, 2009, one day after North Korea launched a long-range rocket

FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images

Summary

North Korea claims to have carried out a successful nuclear test May 25. Ever since its questionable 2006 test, the onus had been on Pyongyang to establish its nuclear bona fides. Outside confirmation of the north's claim will lag. The international community response will be strong in words but not in action.

North Korea claimed to have successfully completed a nuclear test May 25....

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