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The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing.

Historical image related to The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing. from January 17, 2007

Doomsday Clock

Symbol which represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe

The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the estimated likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the nonprofit organization Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Maintained since 1947, the Clock is a metaphor, not a prediction, for threats to humanity…
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North Korea

Country in East Asia

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the…
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