North Korea hydrogen bomb test poses threat to US, says President Donald Trump

Washington : US President Donald Trump on Sunday said the latest nuclear test by North Korea posed a danger to the US and raised questions about South Korea's ability to control Pyongyang.

"North Korea has conducted a major nuclear test," Trump said in a series of Twitter posts. "Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the US."

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The US President tweeted that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's regime had again violated international law with the test of a hydrogen bomb at the Punggye-ri site, Efe news reported.

The explosion caused a 6.3-magnitude earthquake and North Korean state media confirmed that a bomb with "unprecedented power" had been successfully tested on the orders of leader Kim Jong-un.

..North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017

"North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success," Trump tweeted.

North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017

He also warned South Korea that its strategy for dealing with Pyongyang had been a failure.

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"South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!" Trump said.

South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017

The hydrogen bomb test follows North Korea's August 29 launch of a ballistic missile that landed in the Pacific off northern Japan.

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North Korea said the miniaturised hydrogen bomb can be mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).