North Korea confirmed it has conducted its fifth test of a Nuclear
Fifth Nuclear Test- North Korea. North Korea confirmed it has conducted its fifth test of a nuclear weapon, the second this year. The test occurred Friday morning local time. The North's state TV said the test "examined and confirmed" the design of a nuclear warhead intended for placement on a ballistic missile. It said there was no leakage of radioactivity. China's Ministry of Environmental Protection said radiation levels in its border region with North Korea were normal. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff estimates the yield was 10 kilotons, which is almost twice that of the January test and would be the country's largest blast yet. But analyses of yield in North Korea are notoriously difficult, given the country's mountainous terrain. South Korea says further analysis will continue. This test follows the January detonation of a device the North claimed was a hydrogen bomb, which led to wide condemnation and tougher international sanctions. Pyongyang previously tested at Punggye-ri in 2006, 2009 and 2013. North Korea is the only nation to conduct any nuclear tests in this century. Friday's test falls on a North Korean holiday: the 68th anniversary of North Korea's founding as a state. The move comes against numerous calls from North Korea's allies and antagonists to refrain from more "provocative acts" following January's test and a February rocket launch. Some Korean observers say that because Kim Jong Un's regime seeks to derive its legitimacy by being a full-fledged nuclear state, no amount of financial squeeze will stop him. "It's pretty incredible that we've come this far since the first nuclear crisis back in 1994," says Hahm Chaibong, head of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, a Seoul-based independent think tank. "Things just got worse and much worse, and we don't seem to see a way to reverse that trend." Beyond crippling North Korea financially, other options include diplomatic ostracism: Katharine Moon, Brookings Institution's SK-Korea Foundation Chair, has floated throwing North Korea out of the United Nations altogether, and written that nations with diplomatic ties with Pyongyang ought to pull their ambassadors. Asan Institute's Hahm says the "politically incorrect" option is all-out regime change, an option few are openly talking about just yet. ========= Join Us ============ ** Channel Link : http://bit.ly/2aUXmso ** It's So Hot Out Cockroaches Might Start Flying in NYC: • It's So Hot Out Cockroaches Might Start Fl... ** Bones may belong to teen sacrificed to Zeus: • Bones may belong to teen sacrificed to Zeus ** Chimney Fire burns 850 acres near Nacimiento Lake: • Chimney Fire burns 850 acres near Nacimien... ** Hundreds of Tiny Montserrat Tarantulas Hatch in Zoo: • Hundreds of Tiny Montserrat Tarantulas Hat... ** Bill Clinton Talks Email Controversy: • Bill Clinton Talks Email Controversy ** Donald Trump Recruits Election Observers to Avoid a 'Rigged' Election: • Donald Trump Recruits Election Observers t... ** Historic' Louisiana Floods: • Historic' Louisiana Floods ** 2 wildfires in California send residents fleeing from homes: • 2 wildfires in California send residents f... ** Virginia Plane Crash - 6 Victims Identified: • Virginia Plane Crash - 6 Victims Identified ** Explosion of Steam Pipe at Chinese Power Station Kills 21: • Explosion of Steam Pipe at Chinese Power S... ** Huge fire and explosion destroys Md. apartment complex: • Huge fire and explosion destroys Md. apart... ** Pilot fire grows to more than 7,700 acres: • Pilot fire grows to more than 7,700 acres ** Blind Kid Throws D backs First Pitch in Game: • Blind Kid Throws D backs First Pitch in Game ** Kuznetsov Scores World Class Goal ● Ice Hockey: • Kuznetsov Scores World Class Goal ● Ice Ho... ** Stipe Miocic knocks out Fabricio Werdum : • Stipe Miocic knocks out Fabricio Werdum
