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If true, the testing of the bomb -- hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 -- is the first for the country who has thrice tested plutonium weapons in underground nuclear experiments.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific said Tuesday that North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles represents a clear and direct threat to the United States and its allies in the region. Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that […]

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TOKYO (AP) — According to its official statements, North Korea is ready to go to the brink. But how serious are Pyongyang‘s threats? This week, new U.N. sanctions punishing the North’s successful December rocket launch have elicited a furious response from Pyongyang: strong hints that a third nuclear test is coming, along with bigger and […]