Current Affairs:North Korea to dismantle nuclear test site this month

North Korean missiles

Korea Missiles-Russia and US diplomatic pressure on North Korea nuclear disarmament Source: AAP

North Korea has scheduled the dismantlement of its nuclear test site for sometime between May 23rd and 25th, depending on weather conditions. State media reports the decision is part of a previous pledge to discontinue nuclear tests and will invite international journalists to witness the dismantlement of its nuclear test site and explosive demolition of the site's tunnel system. And new research report found that An underground North Korean nuclear test in September last year exploded with 10 times the energy of the atomic bomb that exploded over Nagasaki in 1945.



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