North Korea declares its nuclear test site disabled hours before Trump cancels summit
2018-05-25 10:02:30 source：The Washington Post
May 24, 2018
TOKYO — North Korea claimed Thursday it destroyed its key nuclear weapons testing site, setting off explosions to collapse underground tunnels hours before President Trump called off a planned June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The North had used the site, tucked into a remote, mountainous area, to detonate six increasingly large nuclear bombs over 11 years.
The apparent demolition was widely seen as a diplomatic gesture toward Washington, even as it remained unclear whether the made-for-TV blasts marked any significant change in the North’s nuclear capabilities.
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