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North Korea claims of a bomb not taken seriously
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared on Thursday to claim his country has developed a hydrogen bomb, a step up from the less powerful atomic bomb, but outside experts were sceptical
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Kim made the comments as he toured the Phyongchon Revolutionary Site, KCNA news agency said. North Korea conducted underground tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013, resulting in U.N. Security Council sanctions banning trade and financing activities that aid its weapons programme. South Korea said there was no evidence that the North had hydrogen bomb capacity, and believed Kim was speaking rhetorically.
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