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China-Japan-Koreas
U.S. closely monitoring five tunnels in northern region of North Korea
2006-10-05
From East Asia Intel, subscription.
North Korea has constructed as many as five underground tunnels in the northern part of the country. U.S. intelligence agencies believe they are part of the regimeÂ’s covert nuclear testing program. The tunnels are located near Mount Mumyeong in Chagang Province and include cables and vehicles that U.S. officials believe are signs of preparation for a nuclear test.

North Korea is unpredictable and could conduct an underground nuclear test with little or no warning, one official said. Test preparations are being watched closely.
Unpredictable, you say? Those officials know everything!
In South Korea, the National Intelligence Service confirmed that it had received information from defectors about a possible test. "We have received such information from the North Korean defectors, but we do not have any evidence to support the suspicions," the National Intelligence Service said in an e-mail released to reporters.
"But we are sending another trainload of free cement north, just in case."
The five tunnels also may be linked to North KoreaÂ’s missile development program.
Or both programs.
The region is also suspected of housing North KoreaÂ’s covert uranium enrichment program.

North Korea was a recipient of goods and equipment provided by the global nuclear supplier network headed by Pakistani A.Q. Khan. The equipment included gas centrifuges used to produce highly enriched uranium.
Thanks, Perv. Your actions contributed greatly to world peace.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stated in a recently published book that the Khan network supplied centrifuges to North Korea.
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