North Korea

North Korea claimed it detonated a nuclear weapon in an underground test that caused a 4.5 earthquake “as part of the measures to bolster up its nuclear deterrent for self-defense,” according to the state-run news agency KCNA. South Korea said the test indeed took place. The Asian stock market has declined in reaction to the test.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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