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UN chief says DPRK nuclear test “deeply troubling”

UN chief says DPRK nuclear test “deeply troubling”

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A hydrogen bomb test carried out by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has drawn strong condemnation from the United Nations.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the move a “grave contravention” of international norms against nuclear testing and “profoundly destabilising” for regional security.

Dianne Penn reports.

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