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North Korea Announces Cause Alarms in the World

by NewsN

Kim Jong-un had alerted about a "big event" and went to inaugurate a residential complex in Pyongyang. But experts believe it was only a hoax and another "big event" is coming: a sixth North Korean atomic test. Satellite images show that the Punggye-ri nuclear base is "ready and ready" for a new test, analysts at 38 North, a reference website on the Pyongyang regime reported. The photos, dated April 12, show "continuous activity around the northern gateway (where the latest North Korean tests were conducted), and new activities in the main administrative area and staff near the command center," said 38 North. "In the courtyards of the main administrative area there are 11 probable containers packed and covered with tarpaulins filled with equipment or stocks, a training of personnel and several individuals on the move," the report said. Pyongyang would have "apparently installed a nuclear device in a tunnel and could be detonated on Saturday morning," Voice of America radio said, citing several US officials who declared on condition of anonymity. On that day the communist regime plans to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founder Kim Il-Sung. To this they are united the 85 years of the creation of the Popular Army, that they are fulfilled on the 25th. Both ceremony usually is pretext for an exhibition of military power. If the test were carried out, it would increase even more the tension that is already being felt in the peninsula. North Korea pledged Tuesday to respond to the sending of a US naval fleet and warned it was ready for the "war." President Donald Trump, on his side, threatened a unilateral action by his country against North Korea if Pyongyang's alliance with China failed to bring his turbulent neighbor to justice. The Stalinist country carried out five underground nuclear tests, two in 2016, and is trying to equip itself with intercontinental missiles capable of carrying an atomic charge to the United States. Pyongyang fired a missile that crashed into the sea of ​​Japan a week ago on the eve of a meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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