Qatar- N. Korean Leader: H Bomb Test 'Self Defensive'

1/10/2016 5:54:43 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Seoul January 10 (QNA) - North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un says that the hydrogen bomb test last week was an act of self-defense and a "fair action that nobody can criticize" the North's state media said Sunday.
The North claimed Wednesday it successfully conducted an H-bomb test for the first time in defiance of United Nations' resolutions.
"The DPRK's H-bomb test conducted at the outset of the year ... is a self-defensive step for reliably defending the peace on the Korean Peninsula and the regional security from the danger of nuclear war caused by the US-led imperialists" Kim was quoted as saying by the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). DPRK is the acronym for North Korea's official name the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
He was speaking to the Ministry of People's Armed Forces at an event for the new year the KCNA said.
South Korea and the US say the blast observed last week is too weak to have originated from a full-fledged H-bomb.
South Korea estimates the yield of Wednesday's test to be 6 kilotons while H-bombs typically yield dozens if not hundreds of kilotons according to nuclear experts South Korea's (Yonhap) news agency reported.
South Korea Japan and the US have said they will ramp up efforts to contain North Korea. China has also voiced its firm opposition to the North's test but denied responsibility in curbing its nuclear ambitions. (QNA)

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