North Korea News » North Hamgyong News North Korea » North Hamgyong » Commerce: North Korea set off a nuke under a mountain. The earth hasn’t stopped shaking since.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site is located at Mt. Mantap, in the reclusive nation’s rugged northeastern wilderness. Even though it sits ...
News North Korea » North Hamgyong » Commerce: North Korea's nuclear testing may have triggered hundreds of earthquakes over several years
Between 2006 and 2017, North Korea conducted six underground nuclear tests at its vast testing site at Mount Mantap in North Hamgyong province. Typically, underground explosions trigger an intense ...
News North Korea » North Hamgyong » Commerce: North Korea’s Underground Nuclear Tests Are Reactivating Dormant Earthquake Fault Lines
Scientists recorded 1,399 local quakes since North Korea began its underground nuclear tests—a spike unlike anything the region has seen since seismic activity was first catalogued there. Reading time ...
News North Korea » North Hamgyong » Commerce: Radiation markers found in 44% of North Korean defectors tested
July 31 (Asia Today) --Nearly half of the North Korean defectors tested last year after living near the Punggye-ri nuclear test site showed chromosomal changes above a minimum detection threshold, ...
News North Korea » North Hamgyong » Commerce: A Large-Scale Price Survey Examining the North Korean Economy (6): Public Utilities—User-Pay System for Electricity, Medical Care, and More; Wealthy Residents Pay Extra for 6 ...
North Korean electric locomotives. Delays and service suspensions due to power outages are frequent. September 2025, Hyesan, Ryanggang Province, photographed from the Chinese side of the border ...
News North Korea » North Hamgyong » Commerce: North Korea Set Off a Nuke Under a Mountain. The Earth Hasn’t Stopped Shaking Since.
North Korea’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site is located at Mt. Mantap, in the reclusive nation’s rugged northeastern wilderness. Even though it sits on stable intraplate crust, the area has experienced ...
News North Korea » North Hamgyong » Commerce: North Korea’s Underground Nuclear Tests Are Reactivating Dormant Earthquake Fault Lines
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has conducted at least six major underground nuclear weapons tests at its secretive Punggye-ri facility beneath Mount Mantap within the nation’s coastal North ...