North Korea expands restoration at nuke test site to second tunnel: Report

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SEOUL: North Korea appears to be expanding restoration work at its nuclear test site to include a second tunnel, a US-based think tank said on Thursday (Jun 16), as South Korean and US officials say a new nuclear test could happen any day. Work and preparations at Tunnel No. 3 at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Tes

SEOUL: North Korea appears to be expanding restoration work at its nuclear test site to include a second tunnel, a US-based think tank said on Thursday , as South Korean and US officials say a new nuclear test could happen any day.

For the first time, analysts spotted new construction activity at Tunnel No. 4 as well,"strongly suggesting an effort to reenable it for potential future testing", the report added. Leader Kim Jong Un has said he is no longer bound by that moratorium because of a lack of reciprocal steps by the United States during denuclearisation talks, and Pyongyang resumed testing ICBMs this year.

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