The test has enjoyed full support from local people.

Ji Kang Ju, a man living in Hyesan City, Ryanggang Province, told KCNA:

"The successful nuclear test again displayed the vitality of the Songun (military-first) politics pursued by the Workers' Party of Korea.

It represented the might of Songun Korea, which is emerging a full-fledged thriving nation."

O Sol Hwa, a woman residing in Yomju County, North Phyongan Province, said:

"The test is an epoch-making event brought by the iron-willed courage and far-sighted sagacity of the dear respected Kim Jong Un.

The feats he performed to bolster up the nation's self-reliant military capabilities will remain long in the nation's history."

Ri Se Gwang, a young man living in Sariwon City, North Hwanghae Province, said:

"The DPRK's nuclear test was successfully conducted by its own technologies, which gives a glimpse of its daring spirit."

Ra Hye Ran, a woman living in the same city, said:

"The DPRK's nuclear test is a just self-defensive step taken to cope with the U.S. and its followers' hostile policy and military threats.

It is impudent for the world's biggest nuclear weapons states to criticize other countries' efforts to have access to nukes as a 'threat to global peace.'

The DPRK's nuclear deterrent serves as a powerful means to defend the country's sovereignty and dignity, its people's freedom and happiness and peace and security in the region."