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Seoul Official: N. Korea Seals Nuclear Test Tunnel
[An Nahar]  North Korea has apparently sealed a tunnel at its nuclear test site, a government official said Thursday ahead of U.S. President Barack ObamaI think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody... 's arrival in Seoul for a two-day visit. South Korea's defense ministry warned earlier this week that the North could be preparing to carry out a fourth nuclear test, citing increased activity at the Punggye-ri site. "It is believed that North Korea has placed detonator, fissile material and measurement devices in the tunnel and sealed it," the official, who declined to be identified, said Thursday in a briefing for foreign news media. He said the information was based on unspecified intelligence reports. Experts are divided over whether a test is imminent and the defense ministry warning on Tuesday came with the caveat that Pyongyang might be pretending to prepare a detonation to raise tensions during Obama's visit. The government official said he could not say precisely when the tunnel had been sealed. Posted by: Fred 2014-04-25 |
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