This article is about North Korea, and the ongoing discussion about the countries nuclear weapons. This article is specifically about the fact that North Korea appears to have blown up tunnels at its only nuclear test site, in a move to reduce regional tensions. The article states that foreign reporters at the Punggye-ri site in the north-east said they witnessed a huge blast, and Pyongyang later reported that the site has been dismantled. The article discussed that this move by North Korea may have done this for diplomatic purposes, and for the benefit of South Korea and the United States. The United States believes that this site is North Koreas main nuclear testing facticity, but we are unsure the extent to which these blasts made the site unusable. It is reported that this site may have been partially collapsed after the North Koreans last launch test, so the facility may have not been operational before the resent blast. This means that the recent blasts collapsing the site could be entirely for good press and for relations purposes, considering the site could have already been non operational. Independent inspectors were not allowed to witness the process of the dismantling, so some in the international community worry that the blast could be easily reversible. This first move by the North Koreans to denuclearize is seen as a victory for the international community, but there are still many questions about the extent to which this site is non operational and the North Koreans nuclear program as a whole.
-Noah Parrill
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