North Korea Claims Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test
North Korea announced the test on state television, saying it was "successful" in loading a hydrogen bomb onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. It's the country's sixth nuclear test.
Updated at 3:38 a.m. E.T. Sunday:
North Korea claims it has again tested a hydrogen bomb underground and that it "successfully" loaded it onto the tip of an intercontinental ballistic missile, a claim that if true, crosses a "red line" drawn by South Korea's president last month.
In a state media announcement, North Korea confirmed the afternoon tremors in its northeast were indeed caused by the test of a nuclear device, and that leader Kim Jong Un personally signed off on the test.
A hydrogen bomb,
