North Korea’s nuke freeze could be because mountain test site collapsed

Published April 25, 2018 5:16pm ET



North Korea’s nuclear test site under Mount Mantap mountain in the northwest part of the country has collapsed, two separate groups of Chinese scientist confirmed Wednesday.

The collapse puts China and other nearby nations at risk of radioactive exposure, and could be the cause of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declaring Friday he would freeze nuclear tests and shut down the site, the South China Morning Post reported.

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