Punggye-ri Test Site

• North Korean defectors show signs of suspected radiation exposure, South Korea says

  North 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.

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  Dec 27, 2017
  
• North Korea continues tunnelling work at nuke test site despite aftershocks, watchdog says

  Since the North’s latest nuclear test, the mountainous area has experienced several small tremors, with the most recent on Saturday, which is a likely result of the September test, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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  Dec 13, 2017
  
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• North Korea’s nuclear test in September still causing aftershocks, shifted Earth’s crust

  The USGS official said the tremors had been in the vicinity of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, where North Korea conducted its sixth and largest underground nuclear test on Sept. 3.

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  Dec 11, 2017
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• More activity detected at North Korea’s nuclear test site, watchdog says

  Satellite images suggest “significant” activity at North Korea’s mountainous nuclear test, in an area where little movement has been observed in several months, according to a U.S.-based watchdog.

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  Nov 7, 2017
• North Korea possibly planning missile launch, nuke test ahead of Donald Trump visit: South Korea

  Kim Jong Un and his regime conducted the North’s sixth nuclear test on Sept. 3 and hasn’t launched a missile since lobbing one over Japan on Sept. 15.

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  Nov 2, 2017
• North Korea nuclear test site tunnel reportedly collapsed days after test, killing 200

  A tunnel at North Korea’s mountainous nuclear test site reportedly collapsed days after the secretive state’s sixth nuclear test in September, killing up to 200 people, according to a report by Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi.

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  Oct 31, 2017
• North Korea may conduct another nuclear test, missile launch, South Korea warns

  North Korea may conduct another nuclear or missile test as the secretive state looks to forward its nuclear capabilities and weapons program, South Korea warned Monday.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2017
• North Korea resumes activity at nuclear test site, watchdog says

  New satellite images suggest that North Korea has resumed working at the secretive state’s mountainous nuclear test site, despite new United Nations sanctions, according to a U.S.-based watchdog.

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  Sep 14, 2017
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• North Korea nuclear test caused landslides at test site, watchdog says

  Satellite 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.

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  Sep 6, 2017
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• Denuclearization of Korean Peninsula remains priority, White House says

  President Donald Trump continues to see the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula as the priority in how it responds to North Korea's latest nuclear weapons test, the White House said on Tuesday.

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  Sep 5, 2017