North Korea develops hydrogen bomb, claims Kim Jong Un

The United States is raising doubts about North Korea’s claim to have developed the capability to detonate a hydrogen bomb.

According to the North Korean state news agency KNCA, Kim made the comments at the Phyongchon Revolutionary Site, a former munitions factory.

North Korea promised in 2010 that it had developed fusion technology. Experts are skeptical of the North Korean claim.

North Korea has publicly tested nuclear devices in the past, drawing both condemnation and sanctions from the United Nations. “I think it seems to be developing it”. By comparison, the world’s first thermonuclear test, conducted by the U.S.in the Marshall Islands in 1952, yielded the equivalent of 10.4 million tons of TNT, a blast 700 times more powerful. He said, however, that he believes Kim’s regime could be close to having one.

“We certainly are concerned about the policies and intent and destabilizing actions of the North Korean regime”.

Analysts have warned that it is only a matter of time until the North develops nuclear-tipped missiles.

Chief among its many recommendations, the commission urged the UN Security Council to create a path to hold those responsible for these abuses to account, by referring the situation in North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Nine votes are needed to win a procedural vote and the five permanent members – China, Russia, the United States, Britain and France – can not use their vetoes.

“Mr Kim made the remarks as he inspected a historical military site in the capital Pyongyang”.

Unlike atomic bombs, which employ fission, thermonuclear bombs release power from uncontrolled fusion reactions.

Jeffrey Lewis, of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, agreed. The reclusive country claims it has already tested three atomic bombs and has successfully miniaturized a nuclear warhead to mount on a ballistic missile.

Zeid Raad al-Hussein spoke Thursday after China tried to keep the meeting from happening.

Wang Junsheng, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Kim’s announcement is not helpful as it may lead to further isolation of the DPRK in the global community.

But White House spokesman Josh Earnest was quick to pour cold water on that claim…

“Whether it’s North Korea, Japan or any other country, we believe any form of civilian exchange and co-operation will boost understanding and friendship among the people”, Hua said.

Pyongyang totally swears it built a hydrogen bomb.

Albright, too, noted that the North Koreans could have obtained technical assistance from Russian experts.

KCNA/REUTERS North Korea and China have traditionally been allies but relations between the two countries have been strained since Kim Jong Il’s son, Kim Jong Un, came to power.

“We continue to call on North Korea to comply with its worldwide commitments and obligations”. US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert said in an interview with CNN.

The agenda for the talks has not been revealed yet, but South Korea is widely expected to prioritize the issue of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.