(VOVworld)
– Korean Central News Agency, KCNA, reported that leader Kim Jong Un maintained that Wednesday's test was of a hydrogen bomb and said it was a self-defensive step against a US threat of nuclear war. In recent days, North Korean leaders and media have criticized the US for deploying nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gave field guidance to the machine plant managed by Jon Tong Ryol in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang April 1, 2015. (photo: Reuters/KCNA)
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The US affirmed that it has no nuclear weapons in South Korea. Washington and Seoul are discussing to deploy strategic weapons on the Korean peninsula following North Korea’s nuclear test.
Media said the weapons may include the B-52 and B-2 planes capable of carrying nuclear weapons and a nuclear submarine.
The international community has strongly criticized North Korea’s H bomb test, saying it violated the UN resolutions, increased tension, and threatened regional peace and stability.