The Sweden-Korea Friendship Association said that the DPRK's H-bomb test is a measure for self-defence to protect peace in the Korean Peninsula and the regional security from the daily-escalating nuclear threat of the U.S. and its followers. It noted:

The military threat to the DPRK is a substantial one.

The U.S. staged high-profile exercises for a war of aggression together with south Korea every year with an aim to invade and conquer the DPRK.

The DPRK has the right to independently shape its policies including national defence as a sovereign state.

The Slovenia-Korea Friendship Association said that the DPRK has firmly consolidated its deterrent for defending its sovereignty and beating back the aggression of provocateurs by succeeding in its H-bomb test.

The National Union of Bank Employees in Malaysia warmly congratulated the Korean people on their successful first H-bomb test.

We will voice our invariable support and solidarity for the Korean people in their just cause for defending the sovereignty of the country and its dignity, it added.