North Korea Tests Largest Nuke Yet — World Responds

North Korea tested its sixth and largest nuclear bomb on September 3 — a device it said was a hydrogen bomb — though this claim has yet to be verified by scientists outside the communist state. Whether it was a hydrogen bomb or atomic bomb, it was nevertheless four to sixteen times more powerful than any the North had set off previously, Western experts determined.

The New York Times reported that the United States Geological Survey estimated that the tremor set off by the blast had a magnitude of 6.3. The South Korean Defense Ministry’s estimate was much lower, at 5.7, but even that would mean a blast “five to six times” as powerful as the North’s last nuclear test, a year ago, said Lee Mi-sun, a senior analyst at the South Korean Meteorological Administration.

The test drew immediate negative reactions from other nations, including communist China, North Korea’s principal main ally and largest trading partner. During a press conference held by China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang on September 4, a reporter asked: “First, was China informed beforehand of this nuclear test? Second, what China has done to prevent the nuclear test by the DPRK? Third, Has the Foreign Ministry summoned the DPRK’s Ambassador to China to protest against this nuclear test? Fourth, what measures will China take given that the DPRK has carried out a nuclear test?”https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/26850-north-korea-tests-largest-nuke-yet-world-responds 

During a press conference held by China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang on September 4, a reporter asked: “First, was China informed beforehand of this nuclear test? Second, what China has done to prevent the nuclear test by the DPRK? Third, Has the Foreign Ministry summoned the DPRK’s Ambassador to China to protest against this nuclear test? Fourth, what measures will China take given that the DPRK has carried out a nuclear test?”