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North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, Emboldened by Alliance With Russia, Is Itching for Seventh Test of A-Bomb

Sixth test, conducted more than seven years ago, blew up much of a mountain.

Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a ceremony featuring 600mm super-large multiple launch rocket systems at Pyongyang. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
DONALD KIRK
DONALD KIRK

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un, bursting with confidence from his alliance with the Russians in Ukraine, is now urging a great leap forward in his nuclear program.

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DONALD KIRK
DONALD KIRK

Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for newspapers and magazines and is the author of books on Korea, the Vietnam War and the Philippines.

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