{"id":20948,"date":"2022-05-06T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T22:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=20948"},"modified":"2022-05-06T13:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T20:25:23","slug":"us-says-nkorea-could-be-ready-to-conduct-nuclear-test-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/us-says-nkorea-could-be-ready-to-conduct-nuclear-test-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"US Says NKorea Could Be Ready to Conduct Nuclear Test This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Newsmax – May 6, 2022<\/p>\n

North Korea has recently stepped up weapons tests and resumed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches this year for the first time since 2017.<\/p>\n

It has not tested a nuclear bomb since 2017, but U.S. and South Korean officials have been saying for weeks that there are signs of new construction at Punggye-ri, North Korea’s only known nuclear test site, and that Pyongyang could soon test another bomb.<\/p>\n

Punggye-ri has been officially closed since 2018 and Porter’s statement that the site could be ready this month was more specific as to possible timing of a test and was the first such statement on the record from a U.S. official.<\/p>\n

“The United States assesses that the DPRK is preparing its Punggye-ri test site and could be ready to conduct a test there as early as this month, which would be its seventh test,” she told a regular briefing referring to North Korea by the initials of its official name.<\/p>\n

“This assessment is consistent with DPRK’s own recent public statements. We’ve shared this information with allies and partners and will continue closely coordinating with them as well,” Porter said.<\/p>\n

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