Satellite images of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre suggest a number of upgrades to the site. Photo: Airbus Archives/38 North Satellite images of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre suggest a number of upgrades to the site. Photo: Airbus Archives/38 North
Satellite images of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre suggest a number of upgrades to the site. Photo: Airbus Archives/38 North
North Korea
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Fresh signs of life at Yongbyon, the heart of North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme

Satellite images point to upgrades at the site and cooling water discharge from the reactor, analysts say

Topic |   North Korea
Lee Jeong-ho
Lee Jeong-ho

Updated: 12:19am, 29 Jun, 2018

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Satellite images of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre suggest a number of upgrades to the site. Photo: Airbus Archives/38 North Satellite images of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre suggest a number of upgrades to the site. Photo: Airbus Archives/38 North
Satellite images of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre suggest a number of upgrades to the site. Photo: Airbus Archives/38 North
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