Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site

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Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site is North Korea’s primary underground nuclear testing facility, located in a remote mountainous area of the country and used for multiple nuclear detonations since 2006.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nuclear test site ⓘ
underground nuclear testing facility ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Punggye-ri nuclear test facility ⓘ
Punggye-ri test site ⓘ
announcedClosureDate 2018-05 ⓘ
closureAnnouncedBy Kim Jong Un ⓘ
closureMethod demolition of tunnel entrances ⓘ
closureObservedBy foreign journalists ⓘ
controlledBy Government of North Korea ⓘ
country North Korea ⓘ
detectionMethod seismic monitoring ⓘ
firstNuclearTestDate 2006-10-09 ⓘ
firstNuclearTestYear 2006 ⓘ
globalImpact UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea ⓘ
heightened regional security tensions ⓘ
hasFeature access roads ⓘ
security perimeter ⓘ
support facilities ⓘ
surface infrastructure ⓘ
tunnel complexes ⓘ
underground galleries ⓘ
languageOfName Korean ⓘ
locatedIn Kilju County ⓘ
North Hamgyong Province ⓘ
mountainous area ⓘ
locatedNear Mantap Mountain ⓘ
monitoredBy Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization ⓘ
Japanese monitoring agencies ⓘ
South Korean intelligence agencies ⓘ
United States intelligence agencies ⓘ
nearbySettlement Punggye-ri village ⓘ
notableTest 2017 test claimed as hydrogen bomb ⓘ
numberOfKnownNuclearTests 6 ⓘ
operatedBy Korean People’s Army ⓘ
partOf North Korea nuclear weapons program ⓘ
risk geological instability ⓘ
radioactive contamination ⓘ
significance primary nuclear test site of North Korea ⓘ
subjectOf arms control research ⓘ
satellite imagery analysis ⓘ
testConducted 2006 North Korean nuclear test ⓘ
2009 North Korean nuclear test ⓘ
2013 North Korean nuclear test ⓘ
2017 North Korean nuclear test ⓘ
January 2016 North Korean nuclear test ⓘ
September 2016 North Korean nuclear test ⓘ
usedFor nuclear weapons testing ⓘ
underground nuclear detonations ⓘ

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North Korean nuclear weapons program → firstNuclearTestSite → Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site ⓘ
North Korean nuclear weapons program → testSite → Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site ⓘ
North Korean nuclear weapons program → keyFacility → Punggye-ri underground nuclear test site ⓘ
linked to: Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site
Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site → alsoKnownAs → Punggye-ri test site ⓘ
linked to: Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site
Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site → alsoKnownAs → Punggye-ri nuclear test facility ⓘ
linked to: Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site