Kim Jong Un (center) inspects an apparent hydrogen bomb, Aug. 2017 | Image: Foreign Languages Publishing House (Nov. 2020)
North Korea could conduct its seventh nuclear test as early as this month, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.
The assessment comes after satellite imagery analysis has revealed ongoing movement and activity at North Korea’s Punggye-ri test site for months consistent with restoration work on tunnels leading to the underground nuclear test facility.
North Korea could conduct its seventh nuclear test as early as this month, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.
The assessment comes after satellite imagery analysis has revealed ongoing movement and activity at North Korea’s Punggye-ri test site for months consistent with restoration work on tunnels leading to the underground nuclear test facility.
Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim