North Korea on verge of 'catastrophe' at nuclear site - China warns Kim to STOP tests

Scientists from Beijing believe the Punggye-ri nuclear
facility is unstable and that just one more explosion
could blow the top off of Mount Mantap, beneath
which all six of North Korea's nuclear tests thave
been conducted.
That could lead to the mountain collapsing, causing
radioactive waste to escape and blow aross the border
into China just 50 miles away.
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’
Institute of Geology and Geophysics warned
Pyongyang delegates of the risk during a briefing in
Beijing soon after North Korea's last nuclear test on
September 3, according ot the South China Morning
Post.
Tellingly, the meeting occured two days before North
Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho told reporters at
the United Nations Assembly in New York Pyongyang
was considering conducting a hydrogen bomb test over
the Pacific Ocean.
China has urged Kim Jong Un not to test anymore
nuclear weapons at Punggye-ri
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Zhai Mingguo, a senior Chinese geologist who
organised the September 20 briefing, told the
newspaper: “This is a big, sophisticated problem
requiring multiple, systematic approaches.
"Our meeting is only a part of the efforts.”
The North Korea delegation was reportedly led by Lee
Doh-sik, director of the Geological Research Institute
at the State Academy of Sciences.
Another Chinese professor said the scientist was "a
top geologist" but was not involved in the country's
nuclear development programme.
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Kim Jong Un has pursued an aggressive programme of
nuclear armament
North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear weapons test
in September
Sources described the meeting as "friendly" but would
not reveal further details of the dicussions.
Relations between North Korea and China, the rogue
state's only ally, have become strained amidst Kim
Jong-un's obsessive pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Beijing has come under increasing pressure from the
US to use its influence to try and de-escelate the fued
between Washington and Pyongyang.
China has said it will strictly enforce UN Security
Council sanctions banning imports of North Korean
coal, textiles and seafood, while cutting off oil
shipments to the North.
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North Korea held a mass celebration for the
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Kim Han-kwon, a professor at the Korea National
Diplomatic Academy in Seoul said: “North Korea has
been walking a diplomatic tightrope by taking
advantage of strategic mistrust between China and
Russia, but it has not been easy as Beijing has sternly
responded to its nuclear and missile provocations.”
North Korea has not engaged in any missile or nuclear
provocations since mid-September.
Last week it was revealed Pyongyang had written an
open letter to Australian MPs asking them not to
support US President Donald Trump, a move Canberra
politcians showed the tough economic sanctions were
working.

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