North Korea says it tested a hydrogen bomb on
Wednesday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported
a 5.1 magnitude earthquake early
Wednesday (UTC) near the site of previous North Korean nuclear tests. The test
site is in the mountainous northeastern
part of the country, near the border with China. North
Korea announced the test on its state-run broadcast. The
announcer said the test was “a self-defensive measure to
thoroughly protect our
nation’s autonomy.” A spokesman
from the National Security
Council in the United States says it is too soon to
confirm
North Korea’s claim. But if the claim is true, he says the U.S. “will respond
appropriately to any and all North Korean provocations.” The last
confirmed nuclear test by North Korea came in 2013.
* hydrogen bomb = 수소 폭탄/ geological survey = 지질 조사/ magnitude =
(지진) 규모[중요도]; (별의) 광도/ mountainous = 산이 많은, 산악의/ border with ~ = ~와의 국경[경계]/
state-run = 국영의/ self-defensive(or defense) measure = 자위(자기 방어) 조치/ thoroughly =
철저히; 대단히/ autonomy = 자치권, 자주성/ the National Security Council = 국가 안전 보장 회의/
confirm = 사실임을 보여주다[확인해 주다]/ provocation = 도발, 자극; 화낼
이유
If it was a nuclear test, an analyst from Korea Defense
Network says, it was more powerful than previous tests based on the
seismic
activity it produced. “North Korea’s nuclear test could have been 2.5 times more
powerful than Hiroshima,” he said. But intelligence officials
from South Korea say they think the blast was not that
powerful. They think the test produced an explosion less than half as strong as
the one in Hiroshima during World War II. Both South Korean President Park
Geun-Hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned the test. Abe
says, “North Korea's nuclear test is a serious threat to our nation's security and
absolutely cannot be tolerated.” The United
Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting
Wednesday to discuss North Korea’s claim of a test.
* analyst = 분석가/ based on ~ = ~에 근거하여/ seismic = 지진의, 지진에 의한/
intelligence official = 정보관/ blast = 폭발/ condemn = 규탄[비난]하다/ nation's security =
국가 안보/ tolerate = 용인하다, 참다/ emergency meeting = 긴급[비상] 회의
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