North Korea Radiation
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North Korean defectors show signs of suspected radiation exposure, South Korea saysNorth Korea has conducted six nuclear bomb tests since 2006, all in tunnels deep beneath the mountains of Punggye-ri, in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions and international condemnation.WorldDec 27, 2017
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China supports UN action on North Korea, also pushes for dialogueChina supports further United Nations action in response to North Korea's latest nuclear test but also wants to see renewed efforts to begin dialogue involving all sides, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday.CanadaSep 7, 2017
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U.S. wants Kim Jong Un’s assets frozen, travel restricted in U.N. proposalThe United States wants the United Nations Security Council to impose an oil embargo on North Korea, ban the country's exports of textiles and the hiring of North Korean laborers abroad and subject leader Kim Jong Un to an asset freeze and travel ban, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Wednesday.WorldSep 6, 2017
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North Korea nuclear test caused landslides at test site, watchdog saysSatellite images suggest that North Korea’s sixth nuclear test caused several landslides at the secretive state’s mountainous test site, according to a U.S.-based watchdog.PoliticsSep 6, 2017
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North Korea nuclear test site at risk of collapsing, releasing ‘many bad things,’ scientist warnsKim Jong Un and his regime are believed to have carried out at least five of the country’s nuke tests at the same Punggye-ri test site, prompting a Chinese scientist to warn the next test could collapse the mountain resulting in a massive radiation leak.WorldSep 5, 2017
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