North Korea appears to be laying the groundwork for a fifth nuclear test ahead of next month’s ruling party congress, the first to be held in more than 30 years, a media report said Sunday, citing South Korean government sources.
The sources said South Korea had recently detected sharply increased vehicle and human activity at the North’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site, according to the Yonhap news agency report.
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