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Sixth Nuclear Test

North Korea · Warfare / Nuclear Weapons Program. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

2017

Kim Jong Un3 September 2017

Punggye-ri · Warfare / Nuclear Weapons Program

North Korea conducts its sixth nuclear test.

Names involved

Kim Jong Un

Provenance

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