North Korea said it successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen nuclear bomb

And Happy New Year to you, too!

Acting crazy, being unpredictable, and claiming great capacity to inflict great harm seems to work for North Korea.  The world has dangerous neighborhoods as much as big cities do.  PB
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From Reuters.com:

North Korea says it successfully conducts H-bomb test

North Korea said it successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen nuclear bomb on Wednesday, claiming a significant advance in its strike capability and setting off alarm bells in Japan and South Korea.

The test, the fourth time the isolated state has exploded a nuclear device, was ordered by young leader Kim Jong Un and successfully conducted at 10:00 a.m. local time (0130 GMT), North Korea's official KCNA news agency said.

"Let the world look up to the strong, self-reliant nuclear-armed state," Kim wrote in what North Korean state TV displayed as a handwritten note.

South Korean intelligence officials and several analysts questioned whether Wednesday's explosion was indeed a full-fledged test of a hydrogen device.

But the reported nuclear test drew condemnation abroad, including from China and Russia, North Korea's two main allies.

China expressed "resolute opposition" and said it would lodge a protest with Pyongyang.

No countries were given advance warning of a nuclear test, South Korea's intelligence service said, according to lawmakers briefed by intelligence officials...
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Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-nuclear-idUSKBN0UK0G420160106