Sentences with phrase «sixth nuclear test»

North Korea's sixth nuclear test — probably its largest so far — sends out one clear political signal.

The latest information about Kim's detention came amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula, driven by concerns that the North might conduct its sixth nuclear test in defiance of US pressure and UN sanctions.

The secretive communist state said its sixth nuclear test was a «perfect success», hours after seismologists had detected an earth tremor.

The rest of the world has enforced stricter sanctions on the hermit state following its sixth nuclear test earlier this month.

In recent weeks, North Korea has launched two missiles over Japan and conducted its sixth nuclear test, as it fast advances toward its goal of developing a nuclear - tipped missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland.

The «routine» drills closely follow North Korea's sixth nuclear test last week, and comes amid talk between South Korea and the United States of deploying aircraft carriers and strategic bombers to the troubled region.

Outside of Harvey, Mnuchin told Wallace he was drafting a sanctions package regarding North Korea amid news that the country had detonated a hydrogen bomb as part of its sixth nuclear test.

North Korea says it conducted its sixth nuclear test with a powerful hydrogen bomb — a stark move against President Donald Trump's warnings.

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Last year, after their sixth successful test, they declared themselves a nuclear power and promised the end of famine for all its people.

Tensions have escalated since North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on September 3, but the rhetoric has reached a new level in recent days with leaders on both sides exchanging threats and insults.

Sept. 3, 2017: The rogue regime carries out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, saying it detonated an advanced hydrogen bomb designed for a long - range missile.

The isolated nation conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3, and launched more than a dozen missiles in the past year.

South Korea said on Monday it was preparing fresh military drills with its ally the United States and ramping up its ballistic missile defenses in response to North Korea's sixth and most powerful nuclear test a day earlier.

The missile deal follows a year of ramped - up North Korean missile launches, some of them over Japanese territory, and its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

Yesterday, the UN Security Council imposed fresh sanctions against North Korea a week after it conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test to date.