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N. Korea Worsens with Hydrogen Bomb Tests

<p>North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test this weekend&comma; launching what they claim to be a hydrogen bomb capable of being launched inside a long-range missile&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The blast&comma; which North Korea has called a &&num;8220&semi;perfect success&comma;&&num;8221&semi; created a seismic disturbance of 6&period;3 on the Richter scale that shook buildings in Russia and China&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Early data suggests the test&nbsp&semi;could very well have been a hydrogen bomb&comma; but officials say we still don&rsquo&semi;t know exactly what type of missile it was&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;North Korea has conducted a major nuclear test&period; Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States&comma;&rdquo&semi; tweeted President Trump on Sunday&period; &ldquo&semi;North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China&comma; which is trying to help but with little success&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>North Korea&nbsp&semi;has grown increasingly bold in recent months&comma; conducting more frequent and more powerful missile tests as well as engaging in threatening dialogue with President Trump&period; In July&comma; US officials said they believed North Korea capable of producing a missile that could hit the US mainland&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>California Rep&period; Adam Schiff &lpar;D&rpar; calls this latest test a &ldquo&semi;grave threat to the United States and one that we will have to respond to&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;It underscores the heightened importance to getting China to work with us more aggressively to cut off trade to North Korea&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Schiff&comma; adding that we should consider &ldquo&semi;secondary sanctions&rdquo&semi; on countries that continue to trade with North Korea&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Sunday&comma; Trump tweeted that the White House is considering &ldquo&semi;stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea&period;&rdquo&semi; That includes China&comma; which is our largest trading partner&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trump met with White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis to discuss potential military reactions to the nuclear test&period; When asked if he would respond to the test with a military attack&comma; President Trump said&comma; &ldquo&semi;We&rsquo&semi;ll see&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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