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North Korea's Latest Nuclear Test

Feb 12, 2013 | 12:08 GMT

North Korea's Latest Nuclear Test
South Korean train passengers watch news reporting North Korea's apparent nuclear test Feb. 12

KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty Images

Summary

North Korea has apparently carried out another nuclear test Feb. 12, days after suggesting the West was mistaken that such an event would occur soon. Like the recent missile launch, the North has again sought to catch observers off guard even as everyone expected a nuclear test.

Pyongyang is keeping its nuclear missile program seemingly viable but ambiguous....

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