Officials and analysts fear more tests will help the hermit kingdom build its arsenal of nuclear warheads
General view during the test firing of what state media report is a North Korean"new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile in this undated photo released on March 25 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency . Picture: REUTERS/KCNA
A South Korean military official confirmed that they were tracking activity to restore one of the tunnels used for nuclear tests. Analysts say that more testing could help North Korea reach its stated goals of making smaller nuclear warheads and improving their reliability. On Thursday state department spokesperson Ned Price said Washington remains open to talks, but that continued provocations by North Korea would incur additional responses from the international community.North Korea has conducted all six of its nuclear tests in deep tunnels dug under the mountains at Punngye-ri. In 2018 it used explosives to close old entrances in front of invited foreign media but not international experts, raising questions about the extent of the demolition.
Though some South Korean media reports suggested that workers were building “shortcuts” to connect with the test tunnels as quickly as possible, it seems more likely they were trying to excavate into a stable point rather than digging through the fractured rock around the former entrance, 38 North said.
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