North Korea Resumes Work at Nuclear Test Site, Analysts Say
In its first official reaction to the sanctions resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday
that the sanctions would only strengthen the country’s resolve to pursue its nuclear weapons program "at a faster pace without the slightest diversion." The sanctions resolution, adopted in response to the nuclear test this month, was the ninth passed by the Security Council since North Korea’s first such test in 2006.
13, 2017
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has resumed work at its underground nuclear testing site, defense analysts said,
as the country vowed to keep expanding its nuclear arsenal despite the latest United Nations sanctions.
Frank said that Such activity, coming shortly after the largest underground nuclear test conducted at Punggye-ri to date (via the North Portal), suggests
that on-site work could now be changing focus to further prepare those other portals for future underground nuclear testing,
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The defense analysts also said that the North’s Sept. 3 nuclear test, which Pyongyang said
was of a hydrogen bomb, may have been much more powerful than previously estimated.
On Wednesday, South Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission said it had detected traces of radioactive xenon gas from the nuclear test.
