{"id":158257,"date":"2022-05-25T14:17:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=158257"},"modified":"2022-05-25T14:17:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:17:40","slug":"north-korea-days-away-from-chilling-nuclear-test-as-satellite-images-show-activity-at-nuke-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/north-korea-days-away-from-chilling-nuclear-test-as-satellite-images-show-activity-at-nuke-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea &#x27;DAYS away from chilling nuclear test&#x27; as satellite images show &#x27;activity&#x27; at nuke facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SATELLITE images have shown activity at a North Korean nuclear site with a nuclear weapons test reportedly just days away.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea test fired ballistic missiles towards the sea this morning, including a long range warhead with the potential of launching a nuclear attack as far as the US.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/North_Korea_73440jpg-4298djpg-JS732740412.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/895fe71d-2749-491c-90d6-3dbef4aa7eaf.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>And according to a senior South Korean security official, a nuclear test is not expected immediately but could happen after a few days, reports The Times.<\/p>\n<p>Satellite photographs revealed signs that the North are preparing an underground nuclear test site with ongoing operations at Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research centre, the 5MWe Reactor and Uranium Enrichment Plant.<\/p>\n<p>Since late April there have been a higher-than-normal number of vehicles observed around the reactor.<\/p>\n<p>Just yesterday President Biden and Asia-Pacific leaders from Australia, India and Japan met in Tokyo and denounced North Korea for its weapons programme but Kim Jong-Un clearly has other ideas.<\/p>\n<h3><span>Read More in World News<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Final-Ukraine-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Madman Putin &#8216;entering most aggressive phase &#038; 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