North Korea, Under UN Scrutiny, Turns to H-Bomb 'Scare Tactic'

On the same day that the United Nations met to discuss North Korea’s systematic human rights violations this week, Kim Jong Un boasted that his country has developed a hydrogen bomb.  Long-time North Korea watchers say the timing of Kim’s comments was no coincidence.   Professor Kim Yong-hyun, a North Korea analyst at Dongguk University in Seoul, said the North Korean leader’s comments are part of an established strategy that the isolated, communist regime has used in the...

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