By Aaron Ilia Merritt

On Jan. 6, North Korea made claims of conducting a successful hydrogen bomb test.

The claim was made after seismographs detected some sort of vibrations in North Korea. The vibrations were only measured to be a 5.1 on the richter scale. Experts in NATO and U.N. claim that the blast for an actual hydrogen bomb would have been much greater. Experts are still unsure about what explosion could cause a 5.1 on the richter scale.

Now many are left wondering what is going to happen to the two neighboring countries, North and South Korea. Tensions between the two have been high since the 1950s conflict during the Korean War, and they are still rising with South Korea blasting anti-Kim Jong Un propaganda over the border through loud speakers. The North Korean government has demanded the South Koreans to stop broadcasting their propaganda.

The United States, U.N, and NATO have all made it clear to the North Korean government that any act seen as aggression to the U.S. or its allies (South Korea) will not be tolerated and will be met with military action.

North Korea, being the isolationist country that it is, has its own propaganda. Their propaganda includes many anti-U.S, capitalist, and pro-Korean and Chinese glorification. Skeptics have called the hydrogen bomb claim a sad case of propaganda. Many believe that North Korea is telling the world and its people that the bomb has been successfully tested in order to boost the people’s morale for their government.

It is still unclear about the type of bomb that was tested. Officials from the U.N. are working to find out. Knowing the situation will help U.N. deal with the issue and help resolve related issues in the future.