North Korea Says Hydrogen Bomb Test Is For Self-Defense

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the recent hydrogen bomb test in the country is a self-defensive step against a nuclear war threat from United States.

Un added the country has a sovereign right too to do so without being criticized by other nations.

The country conducted nuclear test on Wednesday for the fourth time that angered neighboring countries, China and also United States.

North Korea claims the test was of a hydrogen bomb, but it is being doubted by the US government and weapons experts.

State news agency KCNA reported Sunday quoting Kim, “The DPRK’s H-bomb test … is a self-defensive step for reliably defending the peace on the Korean Peninsula and the regional security from the danger of nuclear war caused by the U.S.-led imperialists.”

The comments of Kim were in line with the official blame of the country to the US for deploying nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula.

However, the US denies of stationing any such nuclear weapons in South Korea but after the North Korea’s test the two countries are discussing about deploying strategic weapons on the Korean peninsula.

The Wednesday’s test produced a seismic tremor of 5.1 and experts believe it is too small for a hydrogen bomb test.

Kim meanwhile added further the significance of the timing of its hydrogen bomb test is that it has been held in the year of the party congress and this will be revolutionary cause of Juche, which is the home-grown state ideology of the country combining Marxism and extreme nationalism.