Kim Jong-un says DPRK has hydrogen bomb

Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 26, 2015 shows top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un making a congratulatory speech at the 4th National Conference of War Veterans on July 25, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua/KCNA]

PYONGYANG - Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said the country has been turned into "a powerful nuclear weapons state ready to detonate self-reliant atomic and hydrogen bomb," the official KCNA news agency reported Thursday.

Kim Jong-un said the nuclear bombs are aimed at defending the country's sovereignty and the nation's dignity, when he gave field inspections on a remodeled revolutionary site.