North Korea has conducted its fifth nuclear test — its second this year and its largest to date, defying the intensifying international pressure on the isolated communist state.
Seoul’s defence ministry said an explosion was detected near North Korea’s known nuclear test site at 9:30am Korea time on Friday. South Korea’s military believes the nuclear test had an estimated yield of 10 kilotons, a ministry official said. The nuclear bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima was 15 kilotons.
Park Geun-hye, South Korea’s president, said the nuclear test showed the “maniacal recklessness” of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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