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North Korea’s state-run Korean Central Television released a photo on Wednesday of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signing an order (right) to conduct the hydrogen bomb test. [NEWSIS] |
Korea JoongAng Daily
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Pyongyang claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb Wednesday morning, and the regime’s fourth nuclear test over the past decade is expected to bring about serious repercussion from the international community.
*claim: 주장하다
*hydrogen bomb: 수소폭탄
*bring about: 초래하다, 야기하다
*repercussion: 영향
According to a report on the state-run Korean Central Television at 12:30 p.m., North Korea announced that it “successfully tested the first hydrogen bomb at 10 a.m.[Pyongyang time],” after a massive tremor was detected in the country around three hours earlier by several international meteorological agencies.
*tremor: 진동, 떨림
Pyongyang’s report added that the test had “completely confirmed the accuracy of its technology” and proved that it was able to miniaturize an H-bomb, though such claims have yet to be proven.
*miniaturize: 소형화하다
It further said the test was a “self-defensive measure” against Washington, though it made no mention of South Korea. It did not confirm the location of the detonation.
*make mention of~ : ~에 관해 언급하다
*detonation: 폭발, 폭파
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was said to have issued an order for the test on Dec. 12 and then issued a final command on Sunday, in what Pyongyang claims as another advancement in its nuclear ambitions.
*final command: 최종 명령
South Korean intelligence and defense officials, however, said there is a possibility that what was tested may not have been a hydrogen bomb.
A seismic event was detected in North Korea earlier that morning near the Punggye-ri site in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province, according to officials in Seoul.
*seismic: 지진의, 지진에 의한
*detect: 발견하다, 알아내다, 감지하다
The North has conducted three underground nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013 at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site.
*underground nuclear test: 지하 핵실험
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