Bikini Atoll looks like a perfect tropical paradise, but almost nobody can live there — because it became a real-world nuclear test site. In the 1940s and 50s, multiple atomic and hydrogen bomb tests ...

The hydrogen bomb, unlike the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima, generates energy through fusion by fusing isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium. This fusion process requires extremely high ...

The work of Kim Il Sung "turned the DPRK into a powerful nuclear weapons state ready to detonate a self-reliant A-bomb and H-bomb to reliably defend its sovereignty and the dignity of the nation," ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said on Friday he believes the North could consider a hydrogen bomb test on the Pacific Ocean of an unprecedented scale, South Korea's Yonhap ...

North Korea released a statement early Wednesday asserting that they have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, “a measure for self-defence the DPRK has taken to firmly protect the sovereignty of the ...

Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. A senior North Korean official has issued a stern ...

On January 31, 1950, U.S. President Harry S. Truman publicly announces his decision to support the development of the hydrogen bomb, a weapon theorized to be hundreds of times more ...

A senior North Korean official has issued a stern warning to the world that it should take "literally" his country's threat to test its to test a nuclear weapon above ground. The official, Ri Yong Pil ...