NORTH KOREA MOVES AHEAD WITH NUCLEAR ACTIVITY DESPITE PLEDGE

As indicated here on May 28 following heavy TV and print coverage that North Korea demolished what it claimed was “its only nuclear test site” in Punggye-ri: 

At that time, Grumpy Editor --- with a raised eyebrow --- asked, “with tricky North Korea, how do we know that no other test site exists in a country spanning 46,541 square miles topped with remote mountains and uplands that cover about 80 percent of the country's land area.“

So it comes as no surprise that on June 21 --- nine days after the Singapore summit with President Donald Trump --- released satellite images revealed a rapidly-growing major nuclear research center in Yongbyon.

That development comes despite negotiations with the U.S. and a pledge last month by North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un to denuclearize.

A statement signed by Trump and Kim after the summit said North Korea “commits to work towards complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

It was with much fanfare last month that North Korea brought in foreign press to observe the blowing up of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site.

At that time, caution was hinted by Britain’s Independent with:  “The North did not invite international inspectors to the ceremony, which limits its value as a serious concession.”

 

Explosions at Punggye-ri, deep in the northeast mountains, were focused on three tunnels and a number of observation towers in the surrounding area.

 

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