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N. Korea says it successfully tested H-bomb

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The North Korean state media claimed that Kim Jong Un inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new intercontinental ballistic missile.

SEOUL, South Korea >> North Korean TV says the country has successfully conducted a test of a hydrogen bomb that is meant to be loaded into an intercontinental ballistic missile.

The TV anchor announced the test’s success on Korean Central Television, hours after Seoul and Tokyo detected unusual seismic activity at North Korea’s nuclear test site. The announcer says North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un ordered the test.

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