By ASIA TIMES STAFF
The mountainous site that North Korea is using for its underground nuclear tests is heavily contaminated and has been turned into a “wasteland,” according to a report by South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper.
Defectors from the North are quoted as saying that 80% of the trees at the site in Kilju, North Hamgyong Province, about 80 km from the Chinese border, have died. Underground wells have also reportedly run dry and babies are being born with birth defects after six nuclear tests in the area.
http://www.atimes.com/article/north-korea-nuke-test-site-contaminated-now-wasteland-report/
