World stunned as North Korea 'tests' Hydrogen bomb. Twitter ballistic
There seems to be no respite from global crises, with North Korea announcing on Wednesday that it had “successfully detonated” a 250-megaton hydrogen bomb, causing a 5.1 Richter scale earthquake with the Punggye-ri nuclear site area as the epicenter. Not only does it mark a major step forward in its nuclear capability, but, if the claims are true, Kim Jong-un, Pyongyang’s “Supreme Leader”, may well be once again the biggest threat to international relations, beating ISIS and other terrorist organisations.
The state channel of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Korean Central Television station announced in a special broadcast from Pyongyang, and tweeted earlier:
DPRK science awes lesser nations in successful detonation of 250 megaton hydrogen bomb. 10,000 years of life to Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un!
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) January 6, 2016North Korea claims to have successfully tested Hydrogen bomb: https://t.co/AFC9E11BcZ pic.twitter.com/sVnUOXG0xV
— ABC News (@ABC) January 6, 2016A mysterious 'artificial' earthquake was just detected near a North Korea nuke-test site https://t.co/Zv4VmfjvEP
— Al Stinger (@theonlystinger) January 6, 2016However, South Korea has expressed skepticism over the tests conducted were actually as massive as claimed by Pyongyang. This amid outcry and condemnation pouring in from all over the world promises to make it a heady day in international relations.
Rubio: ‘North Korea is Run by a Lunatic’; ‘Latest Example of the Failed Obama-Clinton Foreign Policy’ https://t.co/uO9dwH6gYt
— CNSNews.com (@cnsnews) January 6, 2016Many have called in for stricter sanctions and real costs for carrying out irresponsible nuclear tests not meant for civil purposes. This is North Korea’s fourth test, despite admonitions from Washington, Beijing and even Moscow.
UPDATE: South Korea's intelligence agency says the device North Korea tested may not have been a hydrogen bomb https://t.co/xcpHrwKLqz
— Intl. Business Times (@IBTimes) January 6, 2016From the archives: North Korea and nukes — It's not all bluff. https://t.co/YbBaBcp4vl pic.twitter.com/S6pQmCHAbH
— AJE News (@AJENews) January 6, 2016Does North Korea really have a hydrogen bomb? Key questions answered: https://t.co/DV2ZFEGYHk pic.twitter.com/ITWKtp4nvI
— CNN International (@cnni) January 6, 2016The tremors on the west coast of East China Sea, when linked with Kim Jong-un’s earlier indication that the isolated country had developed a hydrogen bomb to “defend its sovereignty and the dignity of the nation”, somewhat dent the “nuclear deterrence” theory. Other, larger nuclear-armed countries, such as United States, China, India, Russia, and even Pakistan, have adhered to this dogma to avoid any military use of nuclear weapons. Sanctions on Iran over suspicion that it was secretly developing nuclear weapons had resulted in longterm sanctions, which were finally lifted in 2015.
a Donald Trump presidency alongside a nuclear-armed North Korea is the scariest most apocalyptic scenario imaginable
— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) January 6, 2016Major US/Western world diplomatic capital to prevent Iran from getting even one nuclear bomb. But North Korea & Pakistan totally unchecked.
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) January 6, 2016North Korea spent nearly 1/4 of its gross domestic product - or about $4bn - on the military btw 2002-2012. That's the highest in the world.
— Leisha Chi (@LeishaChiBBC) January 6, 2016However, with North Korea’s latest bravado, world politics is once again a dangerous minefield.
The U.S. says it "will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state." https://t.co/23DLrXTFCJ
— Mashable (@mashable) January 6, 2016North Korea left IEAE in 1994. Since then, it has been branded as a "pariah state".
#NEWSGRAPHIC Timeline of nuclear North Korea #NKorea pic.twitter.com/N6ig7v7O8J
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) January 6, 2016