North Korea is believed to have conducted a fifth nuclear test, its most powerful to date, South Korea's military said Friday after monitors detected a 5.3-magnitude "artificial earthquake" near its main nuclear site.

A confirmed test by the isolated North would send tensions soaring over its nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions, which have already earned international condemnation and United Nations sanctions.

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