On 10th December, Sputnik reported that the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has claimed that his country has developed a hydrogen bomb and he is ready to use the weapon to defend his country's sovereignty.

ANBOUND’s scholars point out that although North Korea has openly declared United States, Japan and Korea as its enemies, the possession of hydrogen bomb by North Korea also poses a rather difficult question to China.

If North Korea indeed possess hydrogen bomb, it will make the negotiations on denuclearization of Korean Peninsula and related talks more difficult and the geopolitics in Southeast Asian will deteriorate further.