South Korea estimates North’s nuclear test at 50 kilotons

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This handout photo taken on September 4 and provided by South Korean Defense Ministry in Seoul shows South Korea’s missile system firing Hyunmu-2 missile into the East Sea from an undisclosed location on South Korea’s east coast during a live-fire exercise simulating an attack on North Korea’s nuclear site.
South Korea launched a ballistic missile exercise on September 4 in response to Pyongyang’s provocative detonation of what it claimed was a miniaturized hydrogen bomb. / AFP /

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – North Korea’s nuclear test on Sunday had an estimated strength of 50 kilotons, defense ministry officials told a parliamentary briefing on Monday.

That would make it five times the size of the North’s previous test in September last year, and more than three times bigger than the US device that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945. (Agence France-Presse)