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| American and South Korean officials reported seismic activity in North Korea on Tuesday that appeared to be evidence of the country’s third and long-threatened nuclear test and a new challenge for the Obama administration in its effort to keep the country from becoming a full-fledged nuclear power. |
| “We believe that North Korea has conducted a nuclear test,” said Kim Min-seok, a spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry. |
| The shock appeared to be centered in the same location where the North conducted tests in 2006 and 2009, and the United States Geological Survey said it was only a kilometer underground, all indications consistent with a nuclear blast. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-test.html?emc=na |
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