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N. Korea’s Kim defends nuclear arsenal as test fears grow

by Simon MARTIN PYONGYANG , North Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s first ruling party congress since 1980 moved into a second day Saturday, after leader Kim Jong-Un opened with a defiant defense of his nuclear weapons program and amid fresh signs Pyongyang is readying a fifth nuclear test. The once-in-a-generation gathering of the country’s top decision-making body is being scrutinized for signs of any substantive policy change or major reshuffle in the isolated state’s ruling […]

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Fresh signs N. Korea readying nuclear test: US think-tank

SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) — Analysis of recent satellite images suggests North Korea may be moving forward with preparations to conduct a fifth nuclear test in the near future, a US think-tank said Saturday. The pictures, dated May 5, show closely parked vehicles at what is believed to be the test command center, some six kilometers (four miles) south of the underground detonation site at Punggye-ri in the country’s northeast. “While the historical record […]

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