Sabre rattling North Korea is making sure no one forgets about them as all eyes remain on the Middle East and unfortunately, Donald Trump.
What was thought to be an earthquake around lunch time, AEDST was actually a “successful” detonation of a miniaturised hydrogen bomb.
From ABC:
The tremor was earlier detected by the US Geological Survey (USGS) and officials said they suspected it was an explosion.
Last month, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un suggested Pyongyang had already developed a hydrogen bomb, although the claim was greeted with scepticism by international experts.
A hydrogen, or thermonuclear, device uses fusion in a chain reaction that results in a powerful explosion.
North Korea has hinted before at the possession of “stronger, more powerful” weapons, but Mr Kim’s remarks were believed to be the first direct reference to an H-bomb.
In Seoul, the presidential Blue House called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council as officials scrambled to confirm the precise nature of the tremor.
Here’s where:
Market reaction has been muted so far. In fact the only immediate poor reaction is this overshadows President Obama’s new gun control measures released a few hours ago.