Dismantling of North Korea nuclear site 'well under way', satellite images show
Source: The Guardian
Several key operational buildings as well as smaller sheds have been razed, according to a US monitoring group
Benjamin Haas in Seoul and agencies
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Mon 14 May 2018 23.56 EDT
Images from before and after the demolition of several parts of the Punggye-ri test site in North Korea. Use slider button to move between the two.
North Korea has begun dismantling the country’s only known nuclear test site, according to satellite photos, following through on a promise made by leader Kim Jong-un ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump.
The pictures, taken on 7 May, are “the first definitive evidence that dismantlement of the test site was already well underway”, according to a blog post by 38 North, a website run by former US diplomats.
The Punggye-ri site in the northeast of the country was used for all of the North’s six nuclear tests and lies deep within mountains. Kim pledged to close the complex after his historic meeting with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, saying North Korea no longer needed the site.
There were reports the site had collapsed and was unusable, but Kim himself reportedly dismissed those claims, saying “we have two more tunnels that are bigger than the existing ones and that they are in good condition”. North Korea has said it will dismantle its nuclear bomb test site later this month in order to uphold its pledge to cease tests.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/15/dismantling-of-north-korea-nuclear-site-well-under-way-satellite-images-show
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