N. Korea resumes nuke test plans
- Published: 2 Feb 2013 at 17.53
- Online news: World
SEOUL - North Korea is showing signs of resuming work for a third nuclear test a week after it threatened to conduct one in response to strengthened United Nations sanctions.
Activities monitored at the Punggye-ri nuclear site, 370 kilometres northeast of Pyongyang, show the country is in the "final stages of preparation for a nuclear test" South Korea's Yonhap News reported, citing a Seoul government official.
Nort Korea conducted atomic tests in 2006 and 2009 at the site, and the entrance to one of the the testing ground's tunnels was covered, according to an earlier Yonhap report citing an unidentified intelligence source.
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