North Korean authorities are unlikely to conduct nuclear tests during US President Joe Biden’s visit to South Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing officials.
South Korean authorities have expressed fears that Pyongyang may be able to test an intercontinental ballistic missile. On the eve of the visit of the President of the United States.
According to South Korean Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hee, the country prepared a “Plan B” in case of provocation from North Korea during the Biden-President Yoon Suk-Yul summit.
The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Khaled Al-Hiyari, said earlier that there were indications that North Korea resumed construction work at a closed nuclear test site in 2018.
The Financial Times also wrote that North Korea is planning to conduct its first nuclear test since 2017. According to the newspaper, satellite images taken over the DPRK’s nuclear test site at Fungiri indicate extensive preparations for the test.
