WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States is monitoring the possibility of what would be North Korea’s seventh nuclear test, while working with South Korea to “effectively” manage tensions along the inter-Korean border, a senior Pentagon official has said. Vipin Narang, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, made the remarks [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to be continuing restoration work at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, including the construction of a tunnel entrance, a new report said, amid concerns that the secretive state may be pushing for another nuclear experiment. Commercial satellite imagery taken between March 24 and April 6 indicates [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight of nine North Korean defectors suspected of being exposed to radiation came from the vicinity of the North’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site, an opposition lawmaker said Thursday, citing data from a government institution. A total of 40 defectors were tested for radiation exposure from 2017 to last year [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s spy agency is analyzing a soil sample collected from around North Korea’s nuclear test site, which Pyongyang demolished in May, lawmakers said Friday. In a briefing to the parliamentary intelligence committee this week, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) also said it is monitoring North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s health [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Heightened activity at North Korea’s nuclear test site may indicate that the reclusive country is getting ready to conduct another underground detonation in the near future, military officials here said Wednesday. South Korea’s military said it will remain on high alert as the North might launch another long-range missile [...]
SEOUL, Sept 12 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea is capable of conducting another nuclear test at any time, South Korean intelligence officials said Monday, citing advanced preparations made by the reclusive country. “North Korea appears to be fully ready to carry out a nuclear test at its Punggye-ri test site on short notice. We are [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – With international sanctions clearly failing to contain North Korea and its obstinate pursuit of nuclear weapons, a group of experts on North Korea, national security, and nuclear weaponry has formed the Woori Nuclear Research Society (WNRS), a group that supports South Korea’s nuclear armament to prepare for rising military [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea on Friday said it “successfully” conducted a nuclear warhead explosion test, hours after an earthquake was detected near the country’s nuclear site in the northeastern region. “The nuclear test finally examined and confirmed the structure and specific features of movement of nuclear warhead that has been standardized [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea appears to have conducted its fifth nuclear test Friday, South Korea’s military said, a move that may be aimed at showing its defiance against the international community. A magnitude 5 earthquake was detected near North Korea’s nuclear site in its northeastern region, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent satellite imagery shows fresh activity at North Korea’s nuclear test site, suggesting that excavation and maintenance operations are under way, a U.S. website monitoring the communist nation said Thursday. Satellite imagery taken on Aug. 27 of the North’s Punggye-ri underground nuclear test site shows a small number of [...]