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February 17, 2014

Excavation at N. Korea nuclear test site: US think-tank
Seoul (AFP) Feb 14, 2014
Recent satellite imagery suggests North Korea has stepped up excavation work at its main nuclear test site, but there are no signs of an imminent test, a US think-tank said Friday. The images indicate a "significant acceleration in excavation activity" at the remote Punggye-ri test site in the northeast, said the closely-followed 38 North website of the Johns Hopkins University's US-Korea Institute. The debris excavated from a new tunnel at the site appears to have doubled in little over a month ... read more

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