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World Responds With Anger To North Korea's Nuclear Test

Published September 4, 2017 at 9:06 AM PDT
A man watches a TV news program on a public screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un while reporting North Korea's possible nuclear test in Tokyo Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)
A man watches a TV news program on a public screen showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un while reporting North Korea's possible nuclear test in Tokyo Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)

The U.S., South Korea and China are condemning North Korea’s latest show of defiance. The North says it tested a nuclear bomb over the weekend.

The news comes less than a week after North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile over Japan. Here & Now‘s Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with Here & Now security analyst Jim Walsh (@DrJimWalshMIT).

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