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1st LD: DPRK announces success of nuclear warhead test

Xinhua, September 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

The state media of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea announced Friday that the country has successfully carried out a nuclear warhead explosion test.

That marked Pyongyang's fifth nuclear test, and came eight months after the last one.

The move runs counter to relevant UN resolutions and the efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. Endi