Tag: Punggye-ri

S.Korean reporters cleared for North nuke site visit: Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Pyongyang has given South Korean reporters a last-minute green-light to witness the slated demolition of North Korea’s nuclear test site, Seoul said Wednesday. Pyongyang announced earlier this month that it planned to “completely” destroy the Punggye-ri facility in the country’s mountainous northeast. The demolition is due to take place sometime between Wednesday and Friday, depending on the weather, according to the North. A handful of foreign journalists, including from South […]

N. Korea to launch top party gathering amid nuke test fears

PYONGYANG , North Korea (AFP) — North Korea will Friday launch its highest-level ruling party meeting in almost 40 years, with delegates set to heap praise on its nuclear arsenal as a “precious sword” amid fears of a fresh atomic test. Leader Kim Jong-Un, who was not even born when the last Workers’ Party congress was held in 1980, is expected to deliver a keynote address which will be minutely scrutinised for any policy shift […]