North Korea: Kim Hong-un Claims It Has Missile-Ready Hydrogen Bomb.
The North Korea - Kim Jong-un provides guidance on country's nuclear weapons programme in this undated photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency on Sunday.
North Korea has said it has developed a more advanced nuclear weapon that has "great destructive power" and can be loaded onto a intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
The North's official KCNA news agency on Sunday showed Kim Jong-un inspecting what it said was a hydrogen bomb that is to be loaded onto a new ICBM.
KCNA said the hydrogen bomb's power is adjustable to hundreds of kilotons and can be detonated at high altitudes, with its indigenously produced components allowing the country to build as many nuclear weapons as it wants.
Less than a week after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan, drawing strong international condemnation, including from the UN Security Council, which called the launch an "outrageous" threat and demanded that the country not launch any more missiles.
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