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Post by Admin on Jun 27, 2018 17:54:16 GMT
North Korea has been making rapid improvements to its nuclear research facility – despite Kim Jong-un’s pledge to denuclearize during his summit with President Donald Trump, a monitor said Wednesday. The dictator promised to “work toward” the goal at the June 12 summit in Singapore, which produced a vaguely worded agreement that provided few details about the rogue regime’s commitment. Trump — who declared on Twitter that there was “no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea” — claimed the process would start quickly, saying “it will be a total denuclearization, which is already taking place.” Jenny Town, managing editor of 38 North, wrote on Twitter: “Infrastructure improvements continue at Yongbyon. Underscores reason why an actual deal is necessary, not just a statement of lofty goals.” The Experimental Light Water Reactor (ELWR) The four-story engineering office building at the ELWR is now externally complete, with a newly installed concrete driveway leading directly from the building’s entrance to the reactor’s main entrance. (Figure 3) The necessary infrastructure for reactor operations at the ELWR appears externally complete, but there is no visible evidence yet to suggest that operations have begun. A new small building with a bluish roof has also been erected near the main construction support yard, where only a foundation was previously visible. The purpose of this small non-industrial type building is unknown, but the building appears similar to one that is also newly erected at the Radiochemical Laboratory. The Kuryong River reservoir that provides cooling water for the Yongbyon reactors appears to be at its intended design levels, and the river seems to be flowing through the diversion sluiceway of the reservoir dam at capacity. It should also be noted that dredging of the riverbed continues upstream of the reactor area; downriver, other earth movements are ongoing.
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Post by Admin on Jul 31, 2018 18:08:33 GMT
North Korea has begun dismantling key facilities at an important rocket launching site on the northwest coast of the country, a U.S. monitor said Monday, based on its analysis of satellite images. The July 20 images showed work at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station to dismantle a building used to assemble space-launch vehicles and a nearby rocket engine test stand used to develop liquid-fuel engines for ballistic missiles and space-launch vehicles, the 38 North think tank said. The images suggest that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was complying with his pledge made to President Donald Trump during a historic summit in Singapore last month.
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2019 18:04:45 GMT
THESE satellite images in North Korea show chilling evidence of activity at one of despot leader Kim Jong-un's secret nuclear sites. The photos reveal construction getting underway at North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear centre, which is about 62miles north of Pyongyang. On September 16 and 29, a large cargo truck and a small cargo truck were spotted the 5 MWe Reactor, 38north reported. They added it indicates the facility is being maintained. Other images show minor construction projects taking place at the headquarters of the facility and at an engineering building near the Experimental Light Water Reactor (ELWR). At the headquarters, a two-storey building was raised and the foundation for another building had been set out. The analysis says the purpose of the construction is not clear but notes it the pace has been "remarkable". The latest satellite images from the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center point to unusual activity not long after the state released images of what it says is a submarine-launched ballistic missile. The images suggested it could now be capable of staging attacks far outside its own territory.
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2019 20:19:29 GMT
KCNA, North Korea's state news agency, said the missile was a Pukguksong-3 designed to "contain external threat and bolster self-defence", but added that there had been "no adverse impact on the security of neighbouring countries". South Korean officials said the missile flew 280 miles and reached an altitude of 560 miles - more than twice that of the International Space Station - before landing in the Sea of Japan.
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