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North Korea says it has miniaturized nuclear warheads

Mar 9, 2016, 04:35 IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) watches a long range rocket launch into the air in North KoreaThomson Reuters

On the heels of last month's long-range rocket launch, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country has miniaturized nuclear warheads, North's KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

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A North Korean long-range rocket is launched into the air at the Sohae rocket launch site in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang February 7, 2016.Reuters

Under a UN Security Council resolution, North Korea is banned from developing any ballistic-missile technology.

Kim also inspected the nuclear warheads designed for thermo-nuclear reaction, KCNA said, referring to a hydrogen bomb that the country claimed to have tested in January.

North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test on January 6 and claimed it was a hydrogen bomb test, which was disputed by many experts and the governments of South Korea and the United States.

The UN Security Council imposed harsh new sanctions on the isolated state last week for the nuclear test, and Pyongyang has stepped up its belligerent rhetoric through state media.

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Last week Kim ordered his country to be ready to use nuclear weapons at any time in the face of growing threats from enemies.

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